River Tummel and Tummel Shingle Islands Nature Reserve
Tummel Shingle Islands reserve is one of the rarest habitats to be found in the UK - freshwater shingle. The shingle provides an ever-changing environment in which invertebrates and over 400 species of plants thrive, ranging from lesser marshwort and bird's-nest orchid to mosses and field gentian.There are a number of shingle islands on this reserve, attracting oystercatchers, common terns and redshanks.
River Tummel and Tummel Shingle Islands Nature Reserve
Tummel Shingle Islands reserve is one of the rarest habitats to be found in the UK - freshwater shingle. The shingle provides an ever-changing environment in which invertebrates and over 400 species of plants thrive, ranging from lesser marshwort and bird's-nest orchid to mosses and field gentian.There are a number of shingle islands on this reserve, attracting oystercatchers, common terns and redshanks.
