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White tailed sea eagles - close up of young eagle and eagles in flight.  Images by Iain Erskine.

Welcome to the Loch Frisa sea eagles

Loch Frisa is one of the best places in Europe to enjoy unique and spectacular views of white-tailed sea eagles.

Visiting the viewing hideWhite Tailed Sea Eagle.

The hide is now closed for the season but members of the public are still welcome to journey on foot or bicycle through Loch Frisa looking for the birds, who are very likely to stay in close proximity of the loch.

The hide is located above the south shore of Loch Frisa on the Forestry Commission Scotland Lettermore forest track.  When the hide is open, parking is available close by, 3.5 km from the Salen road end.

If you need more information, please contact Mull and Iona Ranger Service on 01680 300640.

How to get to the hide :

From Craignure: Follow the A848 north to Salen. 2 miles north of Salen on the Tobermory road (A848), look for the turn off on the left hand side with a sign saying Lettermore. 

From Tobermory: Follow the A848 towards Salen for a distance of 7.2 miles.  As you leave the coast to go inland look for the turn off on the right a sign saying Lettermore. 

Children watching a sea eagle nest from a hide on Mull. LORNE FD

The hide itself is at OS Grid Reference NM520464.  See a map of the hide location (link to an external site).

It can be accessed on foot or bicycle.

  • Partners in Mull Eagle Watch are: Strathclyde Police, Scottish Natural heritage, Mull and Iona Community Trust, RSPB and Forestry Commission Scotland.

     

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