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 Cairnryan House
located: Cairnryan, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK
website: Cairnryan House
Family run B&B on Loch Ryan. This area is known for its bird life such as King Eider and other rare seabirds. The birdwatching area at Cairn Point is just a few minutes walk along the seashore. Within a short drive are forest walks, beautiful gardens and nature reserves. Rooms are en-suite, with central heating, TV, hairdryer and courtesy tray. Luxury Rooms have sitting areas and DVD/CD player.

 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.

 Cuckoo Clock Lodge
located: Maesmawr, Rhayader, Powys, Wales, UK
website: Cuckoo Clock Lodge
Swiss-style contemporary self-catering holiday accommodation for up to six people, with stunning views over the Wye Valley. Watch Red Kites and Peregrine through the panoramic lounge windows. The area is one of the best places in the UK to watch rarities like Redstarts and Pied Flycatchers. Bird lovers can also enjoy the daily kite feeding at the Gigrin Red Kite Centre.

 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.

 Gibbs Hill Farm
located: Oncebrewed, Hexham, Northumberland, UK
website: Gibbs Hill Farm
A choice of B&B, self-catering cottage or bunkhouse accommodation on this traditional C17th working farm in stunning countryside on Hadrian's Wall. Offering a great spot for bird watchers and close to Greenlee Lough Nature Reserve with it's bird hide and range of habitats used extensively by wildfowl and waders.

 Glendavan House
located: Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
website: Glendavan House
Luxury B&B accommodation in a former shooting lodge in extensive grounds of natural pine overlooking Loch Davan and within the Cairngorms National Park. The woodlands are home to a variety of highland wildlife and the loch is a protected bird sanctuary with whooper swans, mallards, moorhens and otters. Thousands of greylag geese settle here in the autumn on their journey southwards.

 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.

Huerta Grande
located: Pelayo, Cadiz, Spain
website: www.huertagrande.com
In the hills above the Strait of Gibraltar you'll find Huerta Grande set within a forest of Laurel and Oak trees. There are 10 log cabins for 4 or 2 people, and two big country houses for 8 to 10 people each. All houses have en-suite bathrooms and kitchens, electrical heating and are totally equipped. Huerta Grande is the perfect location to observe bird migrations.

 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.

 Queen Victoria
located: Snettisham, Norfolk, UK
website: Queen Victoria
Comfortable, 4-star, en-suite B&B accommodation close to the RSPB Bird Sanctuary – known for wading birds, avocet, bar-tailed godwit, knot, shelduck, pinkfooted geese and large numbers of black-headed gulls and common terns nesting in summer. 'Early bird' packed breakfast can be provided for guests wanting to embark on early morning bird watching.

 Springwood
located: Seahouses, Northumberland, UK
website: Springwood
4-star B&B in the fishing village of Seahouses on the Heritage Coast, in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There are acres of land with wildlife and birds in abundance; see curlew, lapwing, corn bunting, and admire the beautiful sunsets. The harbour is a few minutes walk and from here there are boat trips to the Farne Islands visiting the bird sanctuary and grey seal colony.

 Tarr Farm Inn
located: Dulverton, Somerset, UK
website: Tarr Farm Inn
5-star, luxury bed and breakfast set in its own 40 acres and in an ideal location for a birdwatching holiday. Tarr Farm, in the Exmoor National Park, is just seven miles from Dulverton through beautiful wooded valleys and across open moorland with stunning views. Birdlife abounds with Exmoor boasting over 240 bird species.

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 Avocet-Rest
located: Boston, Lincolnshire, UK
website: www.avocet-rest.co.uk
Self catering accommodation set in the heart of the South Lincolnshire Fens, minutes away from Freiston Shore and the Wash, half an hour from Frampton Marsh, both of which offer the best year round birdwatching in the UK.

 Bridge End Farm Guest House
based: North Yorkshire, UK
website: www.bridge-end-farm.co.uk
Idyllic 16th century riverside cottage in the Yorkshire Dales, with many orignal features. Ample parking, log fires, home cooking, large riverside garden with private fishing (trout) and a haven for many differnt species of birds, the kingfisher being a regular visitor. A choice of single, double or twin rooms.

 Bwthyn Y Saer
based: West Glamorgan, Wales, UK
website: www.welshholidaycottages.com
Ideal birding holiday cottage accommodation, close to a wide variety of habitats, including coastal, award winning broadleaved woodland, coniferous woodland, grassland, hedgerow and moorland. Situated on the bank of the River Clydach in the Swansea Valley, just five miles from Cwm Clydach RSPB Bird Sanctuary Nature Reserve.

Casa Tio Juan
based: Avila Spain
website: www.vivagredos.com
A traditional village house with all amenities, sleeping up to 12. Located in the Sierra De Gredos mountains, in the heart of the Spain, and offering a wealth of birdlife. See the impressive birders list on the website.

Cortijo Rural las Aves
based: Andalusia, Spain
website: www.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: www.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: www.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: www.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: www.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: www.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: www.portlandbirdobs.btinternet.co.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.

Ruthven Steadings
based: Aviemore, Highlands, Scotland, UK
website: www.ruthvensteadings.co.uk
Self catering holiday cottages and bed & breakfast, situated adjacent to the RSPB Bird Reserve with the Bird Hide less than 1 mile away.

 Seaview Bed & Breakfast
based: Mull, Scotland, UK
website: www.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: www.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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