We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Balminnoch Scotland UK hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. The Peace Hotel (formerly the renowned Cathay Hotel) in Shanghai, the Belmond Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, the Sofitel Rio de Janeiro Copacabana, the Queen Mary in Long Beach, the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, the Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich and the Villa D'Este on Lake Como. are internationally renowned hotels. Some Facts About BritainMigratory velvet scoters (Melanitta fusca); shelducks (Tadorna tadorna); bitterns (Botaurus stellaris); mallards (Anas platyrhynchus); gadwalls (Anas strepera); greenshanks (Tringa nebularia); Manx shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus); migratory ospreys (Pandion haliaetus); reintroduced white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla, also called ernes or sea eagles); storm petrels (Hydrobates pelagicus); red-throated divers (Gavia stellata); migratory Bewick's swans (Cygnus columbianus); red kites (Milvus milvus); little grebes (Tachybaptus ruficollis); and tufted ducks (Aythya fuligula), are among the interesting birdlife of the British isles. |