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Loch Druidibeg

This is an area of striking contrasts. The colourful flowery machair grassland on the Atlantic coast gradually gives way to the moorland of the interior with the persistent rasping call of the corncrake. Quiet lochans provide a haven for the distinctive plants and birds of the Uists.

• Best time to visit

  May to June for breeding wildfowl, waders and corncrakes. July for flowers.
  

• Getting there

  Spans the A865 in central South Uist. Ferry terminals on North Uist (Otternish and Lochmaddy) or South Uist (Lochboisdale). Weekly flights to Benbecula from Stornoway, Barra and Glasgow. Daily (except Sundays) bus service from Lochmaddy to Lochboisdale.
  
  

• Visitor facilities

  Leaflet available from SNH or local tourist offices.
  

• Contact

  SNH, Stilligarry, South Uist HS8 5RS. Tel: 01870 620238.
  

• Managed by

  Scottish Natural Heritage