Tarbet is a hamlet

Hamlet

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 in Sutherland

Sutherland

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, on the west coast of Scotland

Scotland

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. It is the nearest port of contact to the Scottish Wildlife Trust

Scottish Wildlife Trust

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's national nature reserve

National Nature Reserve

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 of Handa Island, and a small ferry operates between the two. The few buildings include the Shorehouse seafood restaurant, which Rick Stein

Rick Stein

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 once visited and gave a good review to, 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

Rock Pigeon

The Rock Dove or Rock Pigeon, is a member of the bird family Columbidae . In common usage, this bird is often simply referred to as the "pigeon"....

, which lives on the cliffs that surround the hamlet. Raven

Raven

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s and buzzard

Common Buzzard

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s fly over the area and unlikely populations of house sparrow

House Sparrow

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s, robin

European Robin

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s and pied wagtails live near the restaurant. Because it is the only settlement for a large distance around, lots of power lines bring electricity to it.