Real Farm Holidays
Wildlife Watching
A holiday at Kirkwood Cottages can be a wildlife delight and we are blessed with the most wonderful array of animals and birds, so don’t forget to bring your camera and binoculars. Our guests often comment on the creatures they have seen for the first time whilst on holiday here. You might see…
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deer
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badgers
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foxes
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otters
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red squirrels
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stoats
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merlins
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kestrels
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herons
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kingfishers
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goosanders
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plovers
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hares
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oystercatchers
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swans
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duck
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geese
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woodpeckers
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buzzards
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sandpipers
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grebes
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sparrowhawks
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owls
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pheasants
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but there are many, many more.
Watch our Video!!
Nearby, at Caerlaverock, is the Wildlife and Wetlands Trust reserve is where 12,000 barnacle geese winter each year along with duck, waders and swans. There is also an RSPB reserve at Mersehead near New Abbey on the Solway Coast.