Mudflats - Donmouth
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The Donmouth Estuary is located just North of Aberdeen centre, at the south end of a dune system that runs for over 14 miles from Aberdeen to Forvie. This estuary is small, but hosts a mosaic of habitats including mudflats, saltmarsh, beach and woodland. A number of bird species have been recorded here, including arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis), oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), and mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). There is a small haul-out area used by harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) (SOC, n.d.).
Donmouth was designated as a Local Nature Reserve in 1992, for its local importance to nature (fig.2) (NatureScot, 1992).
fig. 1: (Mike Pennington) - Donmouth Estuary
fig. 2: NMPi - Donmouth Local Nature Reserve
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