Montrose railway station provides a platform for wildlife watching

Bird’s-eye viewers have been installed at an Angus railway station so travellers can enjoy the local wildlife.

The viewing points are on the station wall at Montrose overlooking the tidal basin, a site of international importance for the likes of migratory pink-footed geese, red knot and a wide range of other bird species.

The viewers are the result of a funding partnership between train operator ScotRail and the Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT).

ScotRail’s external relations manager John Yellowlees said: “We are delighted to be involved with the trust in promoting awareness of such an amazing location next door to the station.”

Caroline Hendry is manager of the SWT visitor centre at Montrose, and she said: “Trains are a convenient and environmentally responsible means of visiting the town, so we readily accepted ScotRail’s invitation to ‘adopt’ the station.”

Posters at the station will interpret the wildlife which can be seen at the basin, part of the South Esk Estuary.

Angus councillors David May and Mark Salmond, also members of the Montrose Town Regeneration Group, liaised closely with ScotRail and the trust in the introduction of the viewing points.