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for bird watching & ornithologists

 County Down Apartment
located: Dundrum, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
website: CountyDownApt
This bright, sunny, luxury apartment, sleeping 5 in 3 bedrooms, has stunning mountain and bay views and a stylish modern interior with 'wow' factor. It's an excellent spot for seal-spotting and bird-watching, with a beach right on the doorstep and Murlough Bay Nature Reserve close by; see herons, curlews, cormorants and seals.

 Deer Park Cottage at The Deer Park
located: Gunton Park, Hanworth, Norfolk
website: Deer Park Cottage
Spacious self-catering cottage with spectacular views across a beautiful deer park, a wildlife haven, just six miles from the North Norfolk coast. This cottage for two offers an open plan sitting/dining room with galley style kitchen, double bedroom and bathroom. The park boasts a 14 acre fishing/bird watching lake for guests use – fishing by arrangement (extra charge). See similar cottage at Deer Park Lookout.

 Grant Arms Hotel
located: Grantown-on-Spey, Highlands, Scotland, UK
website: Grant Arms Hotel
Comfortable hotel in Grantown-on-Spey in the heart of the Scottish Highlands. Ideal for bird lovers, the Bird Watching & Wildlife Club (BWWC) is based at the hotel and can provide information about local bird life. It also offers a programme of guided walks, wildlife talks and films which guests are welcome to attend. Free guides and maps are provided and guests can use the Wildlife Library and club room.

 Osprey Cottage
located: Invergordon, Ross-Shire, Scotland, UK
website: Osprey Cottage
Spacious self-catering holiday home for two, situated by the shores of the Cromarty Firth. The cottage is ideal for dolphin and bird watching and the owners have a small bird hide, with beach access, available for guest use; the RSPB also have bird hides at Nigg and Udal bays. From April to September Ospreys fish along the foreshore.

Cortijo Rural las Aves
based: Andalusia, Spain
website: casarurallasaves.com
Self-catering houses on a beautiful Andalusian farm situated in 'Las Aves' Park and close to the 'Los Alcornocales' Natural Park. 'Las Aves' Park has been created to help preserve the natural heritage and is designed to attract a range of bird life, water birds in particular.

Flamingo Lake
based: Hermanus, South Africa
website: flamingolake.co.za
Self catering accommodation for birders. Sea, lake and forest cottages in one of the top hotspots for birding in the Hermanus area, see the impressive bird list on the site! Also birdwatchers walks inside an exclusive private estate not accessible the public.

Inish Beg Self Catering
based: County Cork, Ireland
website: inishbeg.com
Self-catering accommodation on a private island estate in West Cork, Ireland. The gardens and woodland have been carefully designed to encourage and compliment the many species of native birds and those that pass through during migration, while providing beautiful and dramatic scenery for walks and birdwatching throughout every season of the year.

Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge
based: Queensland, Australia
website: birdwatchers.com.au
Self-contained units, camping and caravan sites within a rainforest setting that is a sanctuary to an abundance of native birds. We aim to promote the enjoyment of birdwatching and the appreciation of nature and also offer guided tours and assistance with information on bird sightings, a reference library, slide shows and birding excursions.

Les Trois Puits
based: Congenies, France
website: lestroispuitscongenies.com
Bed and Breakfast accommodation and self-catering cottage between the Camargue and the Cevennes. The owners are keen birders, happy to share their knowledge of migration routes, summer breeding grounds and over-wintering areas. Site contains birding lists for the area.

 Old Schoolhouse Inn
based: County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
website: theoldschoolhouseinn.com
Inn accommodation on the shores of Strangford Lough – an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Northern Ireland's first Marine Nature Reserve and one of the richest places for maritime wildlife in Europe. Also the Castle Espie Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre with the largest collection of wildfowl in Ireland, including ducks, geese and swans.

 Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre
based: Dorset, UK
website: portlandbirdobs.org.uk
A bird observatory and field centre based in a former lighthouse, an ideal vantage point from which to watch for bird and animal life – a UK registered charity catering for birders and naturalists. With hostel accommodation in the Old Lower Lighthouse and also a self-contained lighthouse-keepers cottage.

 Sanctuary Wildlife Care Centre (The)
located: Morpeth, Northumberland, UK
website: wildlife-sanctuary.co.uk
Two self-catering barn conversions (one 3-bedroom, one 4-bedroom) available for holiday letting, based at a working wildlife sanctuary in a great birding area of Northumberland. The sanctuary is open to the public and looks after many birds (Waterfowl and owls in particular) as well other British wildlife.

 Seaview Bed & Breakfast
based: Mull, Scotland, UK
website: seaview-mull.co.uk
Seaview offers ideal accommodation for bird watchers, a unique opportunity to view sea eagles, corncrakes, puffins and short eared owls in a tranquil and beautiful landscape and seascape. Special 3 day birdwatchers breaks available.

 Tynycornel Hotel
based: Gwynedd, Wales, UK
website: tynycornel.co.uk
Hotel in an outstanding setting beside the waters of Tal-y-Llyn Lake. A vast diversity of habitat offers the birdwatcher some exciting birding including the 220 acre lake, the River Dysynni, Carig-y-Deryn cormorant rookery and coastal bird watching. Packed lunches, guides, boats and mountain bikes can be provided. Special birdwatchng breaks available.

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