Scotland Magazine author Anthony Toole

Solway coast is bird watchers’ paradise

Some of Britain’s rarest birds live in the vast mud flats and sands of Solway on the Dumfries coast. Anthony Toole reports

The coastline of Dumfries and Galloway follows a tortuous route from Gretna to Loch Ryan. The direct distance is less than 100 miles, but the meanderings to north and south more than double this. Around a backbone of low hills, the rivers Annan, Dee, Cree, Bladnock and the waters of Urr and Fleet, ...

Best of Scotland from Issue 23 published on 14/10/2005