Parks and Activities South Ayrshire
Wildlife - Ayr Shorefront
Visitors to this area are spoilt by the number of different
bird species they can see……over 190 species have
been noted. Most of these are, of course, water and sea birds
such as waders waterfowl and gulls. Also to be seen are sandpipers,
turnstones, dunlins, lapwings and oystercatcher. In the summer
flocks of up to 400 eider duck have gathered in Ayr bay.
If you visit Doonfoot (south of Ayr town) you will see the
extremely large roost of up to 30,000 birds, includes Iceland
and glaucous gulls and sometimes the Mediterranean and ring-billed
gulls.
In the sand dunes you will find bees, butterflies and hoverflies;
as well as beetles and snails of various kinds.
For those who like searching through stones and rocks you
are likely to find cockles, limpets periwinkles and barnacles
