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Hopeman East Beach 2011
Hopeman has two large sandy beaches split by the man-made harbour. The West Beach is the smaller. The East Beach is surrounded by large, grassy sand dunes, and has colourful beach huts and large rocky areas with excellent rockpools (the one at the eastern edge is known as Daisy Rock). Just to the east of it is a far smaller hidden beach made up of stones and large rock formations rather than sand where you will find the Gipsy Caves. There are quite a few birds to be found on the beach, such as the herring gull, the great black-backed gull, the black-headed gull, the curlew and the oystercatcher. The areas of gorse heathland surrounding the eastern beaches are home to the whitethroat, the robin and the yellowhammer. Now and then bottlenose dolphins turn up in the Moray Firth off the coast of Hopeman, from where they can easily be seen. Hopeman Harbour is in the middle of East Beach and West Beach. It is small and now mainly houses pleasure vessels. In the past it was operational for landing fish caught by fisherman from the village.
Hopeman East Beach 2011
Hopeman has two large sandy beaches split by the man-made harbour. The West Beach is the smaller. The East Beach is surrounded by large, grassy sand dunes, and has colourful beach huts and large rocky areas with excellent rockpools (the one at the eastern edge is known as Daisy Rock). Just to the east of it is a far smaller hidden beach made up of stones and large rock formations rather than sand where you will find the Gipsy Caves. There are quite a few birds to be found on the beach, such as the herring gull, the great black-backed gull, the black-headed gull, the curlew and the oystercatcher. The areas of gorse heathland surrounding the eastern beaches are home to the whitethroat, the robin and the yellowhammer. Now and then bottlenose dolphins turn up in the Moray Firth off the coast of Hopeman, from where they can easily be seen. Hopeman Harbour is in the middle of East Beach and West Beach. It is small and now mainly houses pleasure vessels. In the past it was operational for landing fish caught by fisherman from the village.