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Nigg Bay ((スコットランド・ゲール語:Camas Neig)) is a large relatively shallow sandy bay, consisting of mudflat, saltmarsh and wet grassland, located at the north east coast of the Cromarty Firth and is 5 miles to the east of Invergordon, in the district of Ross and Cromarty and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. During low tide, the Sands of Nigg are exposed. Nigg Bay can be said to start at Balintraid pier - probably the oldest pier on the Cromarty Firth built by Thomas Telford in 1821. There is a wartime mining base alongside the pier and a series of coastal gun emplacements on the road to North Sutor. == RSPB Reserve == Nigg Bay is an extensive area of mudflat, saltmarsh and wet grassland on the Cromarty Firth. Visit any time between October and March and you're sure to see countless wading birds and wildfowl, such as bar-tailed godwits, knots, pink-footed geese and wigeon, feeding and roosting on the mudflats, moving with the tide in and out of the bay. The best time to visit is two hours either side of high-tide, as the birds are pushed up closer to the hide. The summer months bring breeding birds to the wetland areas and saltmarsh. The RSPB are also creating a new area of wet grassland to attract breeding lapwings and redshanks.〔http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/n/niggbay/about.aspx〕 Up to 10,000 pink-footed geese can be seen feeding in the bay on their return migration to their breeding grounds. Lapwings and oystercatchers prepare for the breeding season here in spring〔http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/n/niggbay/seasonal_highlights.aspx〕 The reserve is well equipped with one wheelchair accessible hide and it is also pushchair friendly.〔http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/n/niggbay/facilities.aspx〕〔RSPB〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nigg Bay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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