Please help Handa Island by making a donati on Join us today! today. Text “HAND45 £5” to 70070 to donate now. Sutherland’s All texts are free and 100% of your donati on goes to You can help support our vital helping protect and preserve this magnifi cent island. work managing Handa Island. spectacular • Free entry to all our Visitor Centres and reserves • Subscripti on to our Scotti sh Wildlife magazine Health & safety seabirds! • Free copy of our Exploring Reserves guide • Invitati on to exclusive talks and events Please read the following informati on carefully before setti ng out. Visit scotti shwildlifetrust.org.uk for more informati on or call 0131 312 7765 In the event of any problems, please phone the ranger on 07920 468 572. Please keep to the footpath for your safety and You might also like to visit … for the benefi t of the nesti ng birds. Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre Each spring, ospreys arrive here from west Africa. The boardwalk and grass path can become The observati on hide off ers stunning views of the slippery when wet. Take care! ospreys rearing their chicks. Interacti ve displays in the Centre tell the story of Lowes and its wildlife – Stay away from the edge due to crumbling cliff s, ott ers, red squirrels and much more. A Dunkeld PH8 0HH T 01350 727 337 E lochoft [email protected] slippery grass and high winds. Ben Mor Coigach Wildlife Reserve The last return ferry leaves at 4.45pm. Judge your Ben Mor Coigach dominates the landscape north of ti me carefully to ensure you don’t rush. Ullapool. Our largest reserve covers 6,000 hectares and is managed as a croft ed estate. Coigach is a wild Wilfully or recklessly disturbing wildlife is a criminal place; from its summit, spectacular views of the off ence and we will report all incidents to the police. north west coast are laid out before you. A Highlands IV26 2YJ T 0131 312 7765 E [email protected] Rahoy Hills Wildlife Reserve The Rahoy Hills encompass a diverse range of habitats from windswept grasslands, mires and Wildlife sighti ngs heaths to cliff s, lochans and oak woodlands. The cliff s support tall-herb and arcti c-alpine plants. If you are Please report all wildlife sighti ngs on your return to the lucky, you will be able to see golden and sea eagles. visitor shelter. You can also send pictures and sighti ngs A Highlands PA34 5XE T 0131 312 7765 E [email protected] to the ranger by e-mailing [email protected] For informati on on places to see near scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk Harbourside House 110 Commercial Street Edinburgh EH6 6NF you, visit our website: T 0131 312 7765 F 0131 312 8705 E [email protected] Handa Island The Scotti sh Wildlife Trust is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland (no. SC040247). It is also a Scotti sh registered charity (no SC005792). Cover image of scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit puffi n © Steve Gardner. Osprey © Steve Gardner. Ben Mor Coigach © Mark Hamblin- Wildlife Reserve 2020VISION. Rahoy © Scotti sh Wildlife Trust. Leafl et is printed on FSC accredited stock. v3 Handa leaflet.indd 1 28/06/2013 11:22 Handa Island Welcome to Handa Island Wildlife Reserve Great Stack Please stay on the ! path or boardwalk at Visitor information You are now in the historic village, last Puffin 1 Bay inhabited in 1847. Following the potato 4 all times for your own safety Swaabie and to avoid disturbing wildlife. PUFFINS are best seen famine all of the remaining 64 residents were 3 Loch around the Great Stack moved across the Atlantic to Nova Scotia. As you approach the northern from May to July. Over cliffs take great care. See 200 pairs nest on Handa. Geodh na overleaf for more detailed Goibhre 2 Keep an eye out for health and safety information. GUILLEMOTS, FULMARS, the inquisitive red Poll Ghlup RAZORBILLS AND grouse, bullying bonxies 5 KITTIWAKES reside here (great skuas) and thieving 2 Arctic skuas that nest here. in their thousands, Dropping down to Please keep to the path making the cliffs of 6 Boulder Bay, you and, if the skuas swoop Remains Handa one of the most 1 of Village can often see eider ducks towards you, hold up your important colonies in the and oystercatchers. Seals hand and move on quickly UK and Europe. regularly “bottle” here, to keep disturbance to a Meall a’Bhodha sticking their noses out of the minimum. Look out for DOLPHINS, WHALES water while they rest. This is flowers such as heath- Visitor AND BASKING SHARKS shelter the best place on the island are often seen off spotted orchids and Traigh Shourie to see an otter, so sit quietly the coast. lousewort in the heath. 6 An Toll Port for a while and look carefully. an Eilein Map derived from OS data: TORRIDONIAN Boulder Bay © Crown copyright 2010. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence No: 100028223 SANDSTONE At Puffin Bay, see the fulmars is the bedrock of 3 enjoying the wind, with puffins Poll Ghlup is the name of this spectacular the island and is over often seen on the grassy banks and 5 collapsed sea cave. Please stay away from 1,000 million years old! seals swimming in the water. Looking The Great Stack is a huge tower of Torridonian the edge as there is an overhang all the way to the east, there are lots of great 4 sandstone set apart from the main island. It holds around. Moving on, keep an eye out to sea, HANDA is owned by skuas that gather to bathe and drink an incredible density of seabirds. The Stack is nearly where whales, dolphins and porpoises are often the Scourie Estate on Swaabie Loch. Please do not impossible to climb from the bottom. More people have seen. Please allow at least 90 minutes of quick and managed in approach the loch. stood on the moon than have reached the top of it! walking to return to the landing beach. partnership with the Scottish Wildlife Trust. v3 Handa leaflet.indd 2 28/06/2013 11:22.