Tarbet, Sutherland
Tarbet is a hamlet in the parish of Eddrachillis on the west coast of Sutherland. Its name is from the Gaelic An Tairbeart meaning an isthmus. It is the nearest port of contact to the Scottish Wildlife Trust's National Nature Reserve of Handa Island, and a small ferry operates between the two. The few buildings include the Shorehouse seafood restaurant, which Rick Stein once visited and to which he gave a good review, partly because it had taken him so long to reach it. Like neighbouring Handa, Tarbet hosts a good wildlife population, including the true wild form of the rock pigeon, which lives on the cliffs that surround the hamlet. Ravens and buzzards fly over the area and unlikely populations of house sparrows, robins and pied wagtails live near the restaurant.
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- Location map: 58°23’23"N, 5°8’32"W
