Glendaruel Caravan Park
Glendaruel Gardens, with an arboretum, is the peaceful setting for this pleasant, well…
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The wooded peninsula of the Taynish NNR has a varied mixture of habitats, ranging from shoreline, grassland, scrub, bog, heath and woodland, each of which supports an amazing variety of wildlife. In the spring you can admire a carpet of wildflowers or search for evidence of the secretive otters that build their holts in banks among the trees. You can sometimes see them around the coastline, fishing and tumbling playfully in the water. A June day on the woodland edge gives you a good chance of seeing the delicate dance of the rare marsh fritillary butterfly or the metallic flash of a dragonfly. You might also glimpse a shy roe deer in the woods. Resident birds include the soaring buzzard, the tiny wren and the great spotted woodpecker, but migrant redstart, wood and willow warblers don’t arrive until the spring, filling the woodlands with their song.
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Discover Argyll & Bute
This is a county that’s all about awe-inspiring landscapes and unique island cultures. Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney put the area on the map when he wrote Mull of Kintyre, recorded in 1977 with the local pipe band backing his group. Kintyre is a long, thin peninsula that points south from the mainland, sheltering the mouth of the Firth of Clyde from the open sea. It’s very nearly an island, with just a narrow isthmus connecting it with Knapdale, to the north.
Tucked away at the end of the Firth of Clyde, Bute has been the holiday playground for generations of Glaswegians and is home to some of the finest golden beaches anywhere on the west coast. It may not boast the wild mountain grandeur of some of Scotland’s other islands, but Bute is blessed with swathes of heathery moorland and a range of low, fertile hills, perfect for walking and studying the local wildlife. Such is the variety of landscapes that make up this county.
To experience the sights and sounds of the area, visit Dunoon in late August for the Cowal Highland Gathering, when more than 150 pipe bands from all over the world compete for prestigious trophies.
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