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Aerial photo of Findhorn Bay, with the east end of the Culbin Forest at right and the estuary of the River Findhorn at centre. The 'Bay' is not a true bay at all, but a large tidal basin. It is enclosed by the villages of Kinloss and Findhorn to the east, and Culbin Forest to the west. It drains the river Findhorn and the Muckle Burn. Opposite ...
Findhorn (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Èir or Inbhir Èireann) [2] is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is located on the eastern shore of Findhorn Bay and immediately south of the Moray Firth . Findhorn is 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Kinloss , and about 5 miles (9 km) by road from Forres .
Gail McGrane (née Gail Pirie: born 1975) is a television weather forecaster, previously the senior forecaster for BBC Scotland.Born in Dingwall, Ross-shire, McGrane attended Dingwall Academy before moving to Glasgow to attend the University of Strathclyde.
Kinloss (Gaelic: Cinn Lois) is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is located near the shore of Findhorn Bay , around 3 miles (5 km) from Findhorn and 2.5 miles (4 km) from Forres . [ 2 ] Northeast of the village is Kinloss Barracks , formerly RAF Kinloss which opened on 1 April 1939.
The Moray and Nairn Coast is a protected wetland site on the southern shore of the Moray Firth, in the west of Scotland.A total of 2,412 hectares comprises two areas: intertidal flats, saltmarsh and sand dunes at Findhorn Bay and Culbin Bar, and alluvial deposits and woodland of the lower River Spey and Spey Bay.
Scotland 57°29′00″N 3°43′52″W / 57.4833°N 3.7312°W / 57.4833; - Ferness ( Scottish Gaelic : Feàrnais ) is a settlement and rural area in Strathdearn, in the council area of Highland .
Passing under the Findhorn Bridge on the A96 and the main Inverness to Aberdeen railway line the river finally reaches relatively flat land just 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) before it reaches Findhorn Bay. This is a large tidal basin and at low water the river is joined by the Muckle, Mosset and Kinloss Burns as it flows unimpeded over its sands.
The area surrounds the River Findhorn and is named after the point at the river where the sheer rock banks are closest. [ 2 ] According to legend, Randolph's Leap was the site of a battle in the 1300s in which Thomas Randolph , later Earl of Moray, was pursuing a Comyn who leaped to the other side and escaped back to his castle. [ 1 ]