Findhorn Beach

Findhorn has a long sandy beach open to the Moray Firth, backed by dunes and Scots pine, and sheltered by the natural breakwater of the Culbin Bar — a vast sandbank that accumulates across the bay mouth. The water is cold by anyone's standard but can be swimmable in summer. The Findhorn Bay Nature Reserve on the landward side is excellent for birdwatching: oystercatchers, curlews, redshanks, and occasional ospreys from the Speyside breeding population.

The village of Findhorn is also home to the Findhorn Foundation, an intentional community founded in 1962 that has become well known for its ecological building and organic gardening. The Foundation runs a visitor centre and offers tours of the eco-village. The Findhorn Bay Holiday Park has static caravans and a campsite with direct beach access.

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A story
Findhorn sits at the mouth of the Findhorn Bay estuary, a tidal lagoon that acts as a nursery for wading birds and a sheltered paddling ground for kayakers. The village of Findhorn itself has changed its location three times in recorded history: twice the original settlement was buried by sand dunes, and the third site — the current one — appeared in the seventeenth century. The ruins of the second Findhorn lie under the dunes to the south of the current village.