Montrose Basin Nature Reserve
Angus
View on Google MapsPhoto: Scottish Wildlife Trust, Montrose Basin Visitor Centre and Wildlife Reserve
About Montrose Basin Nature Reserve
This accessible wildlife haven in Angus offers families the chance to observe spectacular birdlife around a vast tidal basin, with visitor facilities including refreshments and full accessibility features.
What's nearby
- Rossie Braes Garden Centre 350m away
Distances as the crow flies, via Google
Good to know
Accessibility
- ✓Accessible parking
- ✓Accessible entrance
Details via Google — worth confirming with the attraction before you travel, especially for access needs.
Photos
Photos via Google
Opening hours
- Monday
- 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday
- 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday
- 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday
- 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday
- 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday
- 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday
- 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Current hours may differ from the usual schedule above (e.g. holidays) — check Google Maps for today's hours.
What visitors say
Highly recommend this place, especially at lower tides to get the most chance of seeing a wide range of bird life. Very helpful staff, and excellent binoculars available for those who want to stay indoors. Ticket price reasonable for the exhibition and viewing points, but option also to go in for free and just have a cup of tea. Great walks nearby for close access to the Basin.
· via Google
Entry is £5.50 per adult, varying prices for children and concessions. The centre is open from 10.30m to 5pm from March to October. Winter hours are a bit different, closing at 4pm and only open Friday - Monday. There are tea, coffee and biscuits available (with vegan milk options) which you can take to a window and have while you use the telescopes at the viewing areas. The toilets are lovely and clean. There is lots to see here and lots of information to read. The girl on the desk was really nice too and told us about the swallows which have begun nesting on their fire escape! We had a lovely time photographing the local birds here and saw a buzzard, beautiful collared doves, robins, tree sparrows, chaffinches, gorgeous greenfinches, yellowhammers as well as redshank, eider ducks and oystercatchers from the hide onsite. We did get a bit lost trying to find our way to the other various bird hides on the basin map when we left and ended up at places where we felt we couldn't leave the car. We'll try again another day. We should have asked at the visitor centre for extra directions, not being from here we didn't know the area well enough.
· via Google
It's a very nice place for birdwatching 🐦 you can find out different kinds of birds, ducks🦆 and 🦭 seals here, but during the low tide, you have more probability to see the seals here.
· via Google
Plenty of varied wildlife seen today there was even two young deer walked past the visitor centre
· via Google
At a glance
- Address
- Rossie Braes, A92, Montrose, DD10 9TA Get directions
- Category
- National Parks & Reserves
- Guest rating
- 4.7 / 5 (343 reviews)
- Suitable for
- Ages 4+
- Setting
- Indoor & outdoor
- Destination
- Montrose