Four bedrooms: 1 x double with sitting area, 1 x double with basin, 1 x twin with basin, 1 x single. Shower room with shower, basin, heated towel rail and WC. Bathroom with bath, shower over, basin and WC. Cloakroom with basin, heated towel rail and WC. Kitchen. Sitting room with open fire. Spiral stone staircase, no handrail
Resting in the north east of Scotland and just seven miles from the coast is the charming, rural village of Pitmedden. This Aberdeenshire village makes a great holiday base thanks to its lovely location paired with ample amenities, including a supermarket, a café, a pub and a takeaway. The village’s most famous attraction has to be Pitmedden Garden, a National Trust for Scotland property comprising of beautiful boxwood hedging. Discover the wonderful city of Aberdeen and the rugged coast at Newburgh.
Aberdeenshire offers over 150 miles of coastline, ancient fishing harbours, and rolling hills of countryside which provide a stunning backdrop in which to discover birds and wildlife.
The dramatic cliffs of the Bullers of Buchan, just 27 miles north of Aberdeen, are a popular nesting site in spring for colonies of puffins and guillemots. Grey seals and dolphins can also be spotted in the area.
Cambus o’May, a tranquil pine woodland about an hour’s drive west of Aberdeen, is a great place to see ground forest birds such as black grouse and capercaillie, and if you’re lucky a golden eagle soaring overhead. If you want a guaranteed siting of this majestic bird though, head to Huntly Falconry Centre in Cairnie, where you can interact with birds of prey and watch stunning flying displays.
The RSPB reserve, the Loch of Strathbeg, is Britain’s largest dune loch, and home to thousands of wintering wildfowl, including a fifth of the world’s pink-footed geese. In spring look out for breeding terns, gulls, and warblers. Spoonbills have also been reported on the loch.
Another dune reserve is Forvie National Nature Reserve, a place of stark beauty that has been compared to the Sahara Desert. It’s particularly renowned for its birds, including a breeding colony of eiders. There is also a seal haul-out nearby on the mouth of the Ythan.
