Places to Visit for Wildlife and Landscape - Caithness

Name: Lybster Harbour and Reisgill Burn

Habitat type: Coast

What can I see there?

Cliffs and steep banks which become carpeted with primroses in spring surround Lybster Harbour. The Lybster Heritage Trust visitor centre has information about the area’s history and rich coastal wildlife. TV cameras and videos here provide views of the cliffs and nesting seabirds. From the bridge over the Reisgill Burn there are views of the deeply incised coastal gorge which contains one of the few native broadleaf woodlands in Caithness. Birch, hazel, rowan, bird-cherry, aspen, willow and juniper are all present, together with ferns, great wood rush and other plants which make this one of the richest gorge sites in the north.

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