Eilean Fladday
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Tidal island. Stamps are never worth a risky crossing. Check official safe crossing times and local signs before walking out.
Like much of this coastline, the area is home to Eurasian Otter, Red Deer and Grey Seal. Other islands nearby include Eilean an Fheidh and Eilean an Taighe.
It is classed as a tidal island on Search Isle, one of 83 such islands recorded around Scotland, cut off from the mainland only at high water.
It is one of 67 islands recorded in the Highland area.
Tides
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Not for crossing. These are modelled tide heights, not safe crossing times. Tidal causeways and sands can flood quickly: always check the official safe crossing times and local signs before walking out.
Heights in metres relative to mean sea level; times are UK time. Not for navigation. Tide model: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
How to get to Eilean Fladday
You can reach Eilean Fladday on foot.
On foot
You can walk to Eilean Fladday at low tide. The way across floods quickly as the tide turns: check the safe crossing times and local signs, and never cross on a rising tide.
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Wildlife
8 species recorded on the island
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Nothing on the list is usually seen this month.
Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, under Creative Commons licences; hover a Listen button for the recordist. Sightings are records shared with GBIF since 2000.
Watching wildlife responsibly. Keep your distance from seals, seabird colonies and cetaceans, stay quiet, and never feed or chase wildlife. See the Scottish Marine Wildlife Watching Code.
