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Boats in Montrose Basin, Angus

Montrose Basin The Montrose Basin is part of the estuary of the South Esk forming a tidal basin near to the town of Montrose in Angus. The basin is not a bay open to the Firth of Tay but is an almost enclosed water, trapped behind the tongue of land on which sits the town of Montrose. The basin is almost square, a mile and half north to south, 2 miles west to east at its very widest. The whole basin is tidal and empties itself at low water to leave broad mudflats which are an important breeding ground for seabirds and waders. Indeed, the nature reserve in this bay is considered internationally important for various species of waders. The swans give the Basin its old, more poetic name, the "Sea of Swans". The basin is part of an estate owned by the National Trust for Scotland. (Read more)