Wildlife, flora and fauna
As you'd expect of an unspoiled environment, the Ardnamurchan area abounds with wildlife - particularly birds, butterflies and fauna. Around The Strontian Hotel pine martins and roe deer are regular visitors.
Sunart Oakwoods provide a series of leaflets which tell the story of the area in natural history terms. The hotel has these available to visitors and you can access information from the Sunart Oakwoods website at:
www.sunartoakwoods.org.uk
To the rear of the hotel are magnificent ancient woods with giant redwoods, pine martens, roe and red deer, owls and birds of prey. The ground is carpeted with wild flowers and mosses. The meandering path leads up onto the open moor and then along the side of a hill until it drops down to the river valley through ancient oakwoods. From the front of the hotel you can walk along the shoreline and watch otters and sea eagles or just sit and look out over the loch with a cool glass of wine and look for the seals surfacing.
We have a regular falconry display each Sunday at the Strontian Show Fields. Steve will introduce you to a barn owl, a peregrine falcon and Ivan the Steppes Eagle. Starts at 3.00pm most weekends - weather dependent.