Port of Dundee | Firth of Tay | Forth Ports Ro-Ro Port of Dundee The Port of Dundee is the most northerly port owned by Forth Ports and is one of the largest economic generators in the city of Dundee. The port is strategically located on the east coast of Scotland, midway between Aberdeen and the central belt, and lies on the north side of the sheltered Firth of Tay. The port has the capacity to handle a wide range of bulk, agricultural and forest products. It is Scotland’s main agricultural hub with over 250,000 tonnes of agricultural products moving through the port annually. The port provides inspection, repair and maintenance of jackup and semisubmersible drilling rigs and support vessels for the North Sea oil and gas industry. It is also home to Swedish giant Nynas, the world-leading manufacturer of specialty oils and bitumen products.

The port has an extensive range of facilities: Storage areas 150,000 tonnes of dedicated cereal shed storage capability Deepwater berths 1600m of quayside No beam or air draft restrictions The port has been identified as one of Scotland’s top locations for renewable manufacturing by Scottish Enterprise under the National Renewables Infrastructure Plan and is within the Scottish Government’s Low Carbon Renewables East Enterprise Area. In addition, a Memorandum of Understanding between the port and SSE plc, Dundee City Council and Scottish Enterprise was signed in 2011 with the goal of supporting SSE in establishing a competitive supply chain for its offshore wind development programme.

2016 will be a busy cruise season for Scotland and London Ports of Leith, Rosyth, Dundee and Tilbury London Container Terminal handles in excess of half a million containers per year Port of Tilbury Ideally located for high quality support facilities for the North Sea Oil & Gas industry Port of Leith Hyundai import all their UK 75k cars per annum via the Port of Tilbury Port of Tilbury Scotland's largest container port, Grangemouth handles around 9m tonnes of cargo per year Port of Grangemouth The Port of Rosyth's heavy lifting capability was underlined with the arrival of deck sections for the new Forth crossing Port of Rosyth Scotland's premier jack-up and deep sea servicing port Port of Dundee Forth Ports manages and operates an area of 280 square miles of navigable waters' River Forth and Tay Forth Bridges Tayfirth Laminates, Dundee | Worktops - Yell Tayfirth Laminates Block 2 Kinnoull Rd, Dunsinane Ind Est, Dundee, This business has no reviews. Be first to write one! Help us to improve this listing Tell us what's wrong!

Write a review Disclaimer: The opinions expressed within the Reviews section are those of the author and not the views or opinions of hibu (UK) Limited. Yell is a brand of hibu (UK) Limited. Registered Office: One Reading Central, Forbury Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 3YL. Registered in England and Wales No. 4205228 VAT Number: GB 765 346 017 | © hibu (UK) Limited 2017. All rights reserved. Yell, Yellow Pages, hibu and other ™ are trademarks of hibu Privacy policy , Cookie policy & Conditions of use Dundee | Define Dundee at Dictionary.com Dundee [duhn-dee, duhn-dee] /dʌnˈdi, ˈdʌn di/ Spell a seaport in E Scotland, on the Firth of Tay: administrative center of the Tayside. Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for Dundee Expand Historical Examples Mackay brought off such troops as were left with rare coolness, and the death of Dundee neutralized the effects of the defeat. The History of England from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay On September 20th it moved by train to Ladysmith, and four days later proceeded to Dundee. British Dictionary definitions for Dundee Expand noun 1. a port in E Scotland, in City of Dundee council area, on the Firth of Tay: centre of the former British jute industry; university (1967). Pop: 154 674 (2001) 2. City of Dundee, a council area in E Scotland. Pop: 143 090 (2003 est). Area: 65 sq km (25 sq miles) Dundee2 What Did You Do In The War, Dundee? — Firth of Tay and Buddon Ness Estuary Panorama (Scrollable Panorama) of the Tay Estuary with wartime points of interest highlighted. Firth of Tay and Buddon Ness “Dragon’s Teeth” Coastal Defences Tayport, Fife View these on a Google Map With the invasion threat at its height in 1940, the defence of the Angus and Fife coastline was the responsibility of the Polish First Army Corps.

The 3rd Cadre Brigade was stationed at Buddon Ness to guard, in particular, the Port War Signal Station which controlled all shipping movements in the Tay. The entrance to the Tay became a battleground in its own right as enemy aircraft and U-boats tried to interrupt traffic in and out of Dundee. The first sight of the enemy came on 16th October 1939 when a flight of German bombers passed over St. Andrews Bay and RAF Leuchars on their way to attack naval units in the Forth. This was the first air raid over mainland Britain of the war and two of the raiders were shot down by RAF Spitfires. Then, in a radio announcement on 1st December 1939, the Germans gave clear warning of their intentions: The German Government hereby gives warning that, in the course of operations against British forces and bases on the east coast of Britain, mines have been laid in an area bounded on the north by the latitude of Kinnaird’s Head up to 0º 30' W and on the south by the latitude of St.

Abb's Head up to 1º 30' W and on the east by the line connecting the above points… Although mines had not yet been laid in the area, it was hoped that the announcement would paralyse shipping off the east coast. It did not do so and, at a conference with the Führer a week later, German naval chief Admiral Raeder had to admit that there was, ‘…pronounced activity along the north-east coast [of Scotland].’ The list of casualties began growing at an alarming rate. Late on 2nd December 1939, off the entrance to the Tay, U-56 torpedoed the Swedish steamer Rudolf, a neutral, which sank quickly with the loss of nine of her crew. Another torpedo from U-56 struck the British steamer Eskdene a few minutes later. Captain Niblett and his crew abandoned ship and were brought in to Dundee by a naval patrol trawler, but Eskdene was kept afloat by her cargo of timber and, having been found a few days later, was towed in to the Forth.

Five days later, on 7th December 1939, Spitfires of 72 Squadron from Leuchars and 603 Squadron from Montrose intercepted a raid of three Heinkel 111 bombers over the Tay and shot two of them down. 603 Squadron intercepted another raid of seven enemy aircraft heading for the Tay on 18th December and chased them out to sea. Clear evidence of the vulnerability of shipping in narrow channels like the Tay came just after 11.00 a.m. on 6th January 1940. Pilot cutter Skipper Tom Knight had just put Pilot Alex Cook aboard the inbound jute liner City of Marseilles at the Tay Fairway buoy when a mine exploded under her bridge, throwing up a spout of water and mud between the ship and the cutter. At first it appeared that the City of Marseilles was settling and, as the explosion could have been caused by a torpedo, the order to abandon ship was given. Two lifeboats had been wrecked by the explosion and, in the panic to get away, another capsized pitching 14 men into the sea.

One man died and 163 survivors were landed at Broughty Ferry to be cared for initially at the St. James’ Church Hall. The examination drifter Suilven was lying at anchor at Buddon and her crew heard what they took to be an underwater explosion. They could see nothing owing to the fog but got under way down river and met the pilot boat inbound with the lifeboats in tow. Suilven continued down river and found the liner with a list of 10º–15º, and a splintered lifeboat in the davits the only visible sign of damage. The minesweeping trawler Sturton could also be seen approaching and it became a race to see who could get alongside the abandoned liner first. Suilven and the minesweeper made fast on opposite sides of the City of Marseilles and Sub-Lieutenant Iain Rutherford of the Suilven reached the deck to find Lieutenant Commander Hackett of the Sturton climbing over the opposite rail. Rutherford and Hackett searched the ship but found her abandoned.

Another minesweeper Cranefly then arrived and her master, Adrian Seligman, had joined them in the Purser's cabin when Rutherford noticed that water was beginning to trickle out of an overturned carafe, indicating that the liner's list was increasing. Rutherford wrote; I called Hackett's attention to it and together we stood watching the water dribbling out. 'Yes,' he said in a casual voice, 'she's going over all right,' but he made no move towards the door, and I, what could I do but pretend that I was as unconcerned as he was. As we watched, the water stopped its sinister trickle and Hackett turned away and continued with his work, adding, 'I don't think she's going any further.' City of Marseilles was in a bad way with rivets started everywhere and fittings smashed. Adrian Seligman wanted to take her in tow and pointed out that they could make a great deal of money were they to get her in.

Hackett agreed and they began to pass a wire from a drum on the liner's foredeck to one of the sweepers, but the drum ran out of control and one of the handles flew off, just missing Rutherford's head, to land on the bridge. The tow was secured and all that remained was to raise the anchor, but there was insufficient steam pressure to work the winch. By that time, however, the tide had turned and they were not sure that a sweeper could tow the liner against the ebb. Just then, the Broughty Ferry Lifeboat Mona was seen approaching with the liner's officers and a pilot aboard so the attempted tow was abandoned. City of Marseilles was towed up to Dundee by three tugs the next day and berthed at the Eastern Wharf. The magnetic mines that caused so much damage had been laid on 12th December by Kapitanleutnant Heinz Scheringer's U-13. Spitfires shot down a Heinkel 111 off Fife Ness on 13th January and the sole surviving crewman was brought in to Tayport by RAF Air-Sea Rescue Launch.

Another Heinkel appeared out of a blizzard over the Firth of Tay on the morning of 29th January 1940 and attacked a trawler but was driven off by Spitfires. Then, in similar weather conditions the following afternoon, Heinkels attacked three ships waiting to enter the Tay. Captain Griffiths of the Stancourt ordered his crew below as four bombs dropped around his ship and one bomber made repeated strafing passes. One of Stancourt’s crew, a young lad from St. Ives on his first trip to sea, said later, 'When it power-dived over us and dropped a bomb, we just scrammed for cover.' Stancourt tried to get to safety by running into the Tay, but she hit a sandbank and her crew had to be taken off by the Broughty Ferry Lifeboat. One of Kapitanleutnant Scheringer's mines claimed another victim late on 6th February 1940. The ancient Estonian steamer Anu was waiting at the Fairway Buoy to come up to Dundee with her cargo of paper when a mine exploded under her engine room, breaking her in two and sending her to the bottom in minutes.

Six of the Anu's crew died with her and 13 survivors got away on a raft, eventually drifting ashore at Carnoustie. They were found at daybreak, wandering around on the golf course, but by then Stewardess Elma Jorgensen had died of exposure. Three days later, on 9th February, the hopper barge Foremost 102 was towed in to Dundee with an unexploded bomb in her hold. She had been bombed and strafed and the crew of the Arbroath Lifeboat had braved bombs and bullets to take off her crew. Coxswain 'Willie Polar' Swankie and his crew received gallantry awards from the RNLI. One of the raiders was shot down near North Berwick. All this was happening during what people still insist on calling the 'Phoney War'. In reality, there was no such thing at sea. But, by mid-February 1940, both the Luftwaffe and the U-boats were finding the area around the Forth and Tay estuaries too dangerous and, for a few months at least, enemy action died away.

There would, however, be one more tragic loss during the so-called phoney war period. The Dundee trawlers Ben Attow and Strathblane were fishing near the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth late on 7th March 1940 when Skipper Norrie of the Strathblane saw the Ben Attow's lights disappear in a huge explosion. She had detonated a mine and her entire crew of nine, all Broughty Ferry men, were lost. Information Panels Dundee (Firth of Tay) — Dundee (Firth of Tay) - Profile Location Sitting on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, Dundee is about 20 miles west of Perth. It lies about 12 miles up the Firth from the sea. Position 56° 27'N, 002° 57'W. Docking Photo from Rob Gray (Tayport Harbour Trust) The only berthing on the Tay is at Tayport Harbour. Although a drying harbour, the bottom is soft mud into which boats can settle. The harbour is on the south side of the River Tay, opposite Broughty Ferry castle.

Anchorages There are several possible anchorages, depending on the wind direction. The first just by Broughty Castle which can be exposed. Between the two bridges, there may be one off the northern bank, close west of the road bridge, but currently there is building work in this area. Off the southern bank there is an anchorage (with mooring buoys for smaller boats) near Woodhaven and another near West Newport. As both these anchorages are after the bend in the river, they are better protected from swell during onshore winds from the North Sea. Anchorage at Woodhaven © S/Y Suwena Last updated February 2016. , phil.tayportharbour@gmail.com Access is HW +/- 4hrs. Harbour dries at CD -0.5m Fin-keeled yachts can settle into soft mud. Pontoons for boats up to 45ft. If no free berth, visitors berth against the wall. Water and electricity on the quay (not on the pontoons). New toilet and shower block. If possible, contact prior to arrival. There is no full time HM. The harbour is run by volunteers.

Close by there is a supermarket, pharmacy, post office, ATM and cafe, restaurant and pub. Chandlery 3 miles away. Doctor and dentist in the town. Regular buses to Dundee and St Andrews. Yacht Clubs Dundee travel guide - Wikitravel For other places with the same name, see Dundee (disambiguation) . Dundee's Tay bridge, the Discovery, Magdalen Green and the University Dundee [1] is in North East Scotland and is Scotland's 4th largest city. The city is just over 800 years old. It is on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which flows out into the North Sea, on the East Coast. Dundee Tourist Information & Orientation Centre is located at Discovery Quay on Riverside by the RRS Discovery. Relative to other Scottish cities, Dundee's location is as follows: 30 min east of Perth 1 h 15 min south of Aberdeen 1 h 30 min north of Edinburgh 2 h northeast of Glasgow Historically, it is famous for the three J's: jute, jam and journalism.

Jute - The boats, laden with jute from the Indian Sub-Continent used to arrive at Dundee, where the jute would be unladen and processed in the many jute mills around the City. Due to these jute factories, there was a lot of immigrant labour during this time. The last textile factory closed down a few of years ago, circa 2001. A lot of the old jute factory buildings have now been converted into apartments and offices. Jam - Dundee is famous for its jam and is the original home of 'Marmalade'. The farms around Dundee grew (some still do) berries. These were used to make the jam. Also the Keillor Sweet Factory was famous for its sweets, although this is now shut down. Journalism - Dundee is home to the famous Dandy and the Beano comics. D C Thomson are the publishers of these and other print titles. The people of Dundee, Dundonians, are generally friendly to outsiders. The student population is very high, about 1 in 7. Talk[ edit ] Dundonians have their own slang, a quick crash course strongly influenced by both Doric (from the North East) and Lowland Scots.

Note that some of these are not necessarily restricted in use by Dundonians, rather Scots folks 'affen hae a wye o' spikin thit cin affa confuse ony English spikin fowk' [rather people from Scotland often speak in a manner that tends to confuse people who speak English]: Ane/Ain = One By plane[ edit ] Dundee has its own airport [2] , with flights direct to London Stansted. Loganair [3] operates the service, with prices starting from £75. The nearest major international airports to Dundee are at Edinburgh - 60 mi (96km), or Aberdeen - 71 mi (114km). For Edinburgh airport, a combined train and bus service [4] linking at Inverkeithing Railway costs £15 for a single and £22.60 for a period return. If you are flying into Glasgow-Prestwick half price railway travel into Dundee is available if you show your flight paperwork to the train guard - note you will have to change trains in the centre of Glasgow - walk from Central to Queen Street station - all Aberdeen trains call at Dundee.

Wikitravel has a guide to Rail travel in the United Kingdom . Dundee’s main railway station is located to the south of the city centre, close to Discovery Point and the ramps onto the Tay Road Bridge. Connections and timetables [5] can be checked on-line. There are three train operators that operate into Dundee: Scotrail [6] There are hourly services to Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Costs can vary considerably, an off peak return to Edinburgh is around £20, to Glasgow about £28. Booking an advance purchase ticket online can bring the cost down to £6 one way. Split ticketing to Glasgow can save considerable money when booking on the day i.e. buy a Glasgow to Perth, and a Perth to Dundee ticket. Scotrail also operate the overnight Caledonian Sleeper from London Euston. The Aberdeen sleeper calls at Dundee, and leaves London at around 8PM, arriving into Dundee around 5:30AM. For this reason it is often better to leave London at midnight on the Edinburgh sleeper instead and change to a local service so you can arrive in Dundee at a more sociable time.

East Coast [7] There are three direct services per day to Dundee from London King's Cross via York , Newcastle and Edinburgh. These trains continue on to Aberdeen. Average journey time 6 hours. London-Dundee fares vary enormously from about £17.50 for a one way ticket bought in advance to about £120 for an off peak return. CrossCountry [8] Britain’s longest single rail journey – to Penzance on the south west tip of England passes through Dundee. It provides a useful link to Central England via Bristol , Birmingham and York. By car[ edit ] The main routes to Dundee are as follows: - From Edinburgh/Aberdeen: The A90 trunk road from Edinburgh to Aberdeen runs through the northern suburbs of the city, and is approximately 55 miles or just over an hour's drive from the capital, depending on traffic - which around the Forth Bridge area can be very heavy around rush hour. Aberdeen is 67 miles to the north and driving time is approximately 1 hour.

- From Glasgow/Stirling, the main route is to follow the M80 and then the M9/A9 to Perth, and then swing east onto the A90 at Broxden Junction. Glasgow is 75 miles from Dundee, or about 1 hrs 30 mins driving time. - For a more scenic alternative route from Edinburgh through Fife, the A92 from Kirkcaldy on the southern Fife coast will take you across the Tay Road Bridge right into the heart of the city. The Dundee section of the A90 - the Kingsway serves as the city's main peripheral bypass. Note that the speed limit is 50mph, and is a notorious area for mobile speed camera vans and unmarked police vehicles - don't be tempted to drive faster, despite what the locals are doing! By bus[ edit ] Dundee Seagate Bus Station, also located in the city centre serves National Express [9] coaches, Scottish Citylink [10] and Megabus [11] . There are frequent services, almost every hour to Edinburgh and Glasgow. Be wary, if you take a non-direct Coach / Bus, your journey time may double to up to 2hrs!

Average cost for a single ticket is approx £8. Check before you travel.There is no luggage storage. Get around[ edit ] To get around Dundee, there are good provisions for car transport. Taxis are available at taxi ranks in the centre. The local bus service has extensive intra-city connections. [12] . All the local buses converge to the city centre and are relatively cheap. You can buy a 10-journey pass or an all-day pass. See[ edit ][ add listing ] McManus Galleries [13] The Galleries house a museum and art gallery with a collection of fine and decorative art as well as a natural history collection. The museum re-opened February 2010 The Howff An ancient cemetary in the heart of Dundee, it was used as a burial ground for the people of the city for centuries until the sepulchre was discontinued in the 19th century. There are many interesting gravestones to be seen, some dating as far back as 1603 Broughty Castle [14] 15th century coastal fort with a museum about the castle and Broughty Ferry. Mills Observatory [15] .

A "public" astronomical observatory, with free entry; its dome is made of papier-mâché, oddly enough. Dundee Science Centre [16] Focuses mainly on the life sciences with particular emphasis on the senses and robotics. Tay Rail Bridge part of which collapsed in the 1800's. Parts still visable in the river. Longest rail bridge in Britain. Discovery Point (RRS Discovery) [ Captain Scott's famous exploration ship on permanent display at the quayside. Verdant Works [17] Scotland's jute museum. Award winning museum housed in a former jute works and operated by Dundee Heritage trust. Admission: adult £8.50 (££6.75), child £5. Joint tickets with discovery Point available. West henderson's Wynd, Dundee DD1 5BT, phone 01382 309060. Frigate Unicorn [18] This 46 gun sailing frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1824 is now preserved as a historic ship and visitor attraction.

It is one of the six oldest ships in the world, is Scotland’s only preserved warship and is the most completely original ship in the entire world to have survived from the golden age of sail. Dundee Law [19] Extinct volcano with war memorial situated on the summit. Impressive views of the city. Camperdown Wildlife Park [20] Houses animals such as brown bears, lemurs, wallabies, maras, otters and various bird species. Do[ edit ][ add listing ] Dundee Rep Theatre, [21] . Home to the Dundee Rep Ensemble, Scotland’s only full-time company of actors, as well as Scotland’s principal contemporary dance company, Scottish Dance Theatre. Dundee Contemporary Arts, [22] . Houses two contemporary art galleries, a two-screen cinema, a print studio, a visual research centre and a café bar. Caird Hall, [23] . The principal concert venue in the city. Regularly hosts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and touring productions. Also used as a graduation venue for the University of Dundee and University of Abertay Dundee. Ice Arena, [24] .

Home to ice hockey team Dundee Stars who play in the Elite Ice Hockey League. Flower and Food Show, [25] . Learn[ edit ] University of Dundee, [31] Founded in 1881 and a former constituent college of the University of St Andrews before gaining independence in 1967, the University of Dundee has gained a significant reputation for medicine, dentistry, life sciences and the arts. The student union is frequently cited as one of the best in the UK. Abertay University, [32] Formerly the University of Abertay Dundee, the university is particularly renowned for computer games design and also performs well in environmental sciences, law and psychology. The High School of Dundee, [33] Dundee's only private school founded in 1239. Dundee and Angus College, [34] Further and higher education college. Tayside Language Centre, [35] Buy[ edit ][ add listing ] The Overgate and the Wellgate are Dundee's two main shopping malls which sit at either end of the city centre.

Each has various national and international brands such as H&M, Debenhams, Gap and Next in the Overgate and Head Entertainment (formerly Zavvi), BHS and New Look. In addition to this, there are substantial branches of High street stores along the Murraygate and city centre area. Dundee also has the usual large-scale out of town retail parks that are common in Scotland's bigger towns and cities. Groucho's record store in the city centre has been a frequent winner of Dundee's independent retailer of the year award. The longest established music store in the city, Groucho's buys and sells vinyl albums and singles, books, CDs, DVDs and other merchandise as well as selling tickets for concerts in Dundee and the wider area. Fife based Fisher & Donaldson have various outlets in the city which sell delicious cakes and pastries. Try the fudge doughnuts! Eat[ edit ][ add listing ] In recent years a Café Culture has flourished in Dundee City Centre. There are plenty of places to eat from fast food take away to cafés and restaurants. You can't miss them.

The Pearl of Hong Kong Menu and prices [36] , 162 Arbroath Road, tel +44 1382 455883, mailto:caffreys79@hotmail.com - a Chinese takeaway Home Delivery 6 Days (closed Tuesday) Order Online to save [37] ,(2 meals 2 starters £11.50). "Duke's Corner", Brown Street. Excellent entertainment venue, serving burgers, salads, pizzas from noon. Perfect for lunch or dinner. Twin City Café, City Square The Parlour Café, West Port. Incredibly busy thanks to them having the best lunch-time menus in town. Menu changes daily, featuring lots of vegetarian options. Malabar, Perth Road. A local favourite, serving the best Indian curries in Dundee. Bon Appetit, off Commercial Street Café Buongiorno, off the Reform Street.

Balaka on the Perth road Jahangir on the Hawkhill (although note the improvement required food hygiene rating) Antonio's Roseangle Domino's Pizza, [39] at City Quay City Harbour Chinese Buffet Jimmy Chung's Chinese Buffet (part of a Scottish chain) Tickety Boo's on the Seagate/Commercial Street junction. Chef Avril's chilli and curries are to die for. Excellent food. Filthiest toilets in town. The Old Horse Shoe Bar top of Commercial Street. Excellent food. The Old Bank Bar Union Street Rancho Pancho Commercial Street. Mexican food. The margarita chicken us particularly good. The Counting House Reform Street. J.D. Wetherspoon's The Globe West Port / Hawkhill. Don Michele's, [40] Perth Road. Italian Restaurant Avery & Co South Tay Street. Emphasis on using locally sourced ingredients. If you are self-catering, then you can get your supplies from Tesco [41] — indeed Dundee is often nicknamed "Tescotown" by locals given the chain's dominance in the city - largely due to it being the site of Tesco's Scottish headquarters. .

There is a branch in the city centre, one next to the Railway Station by the river-side, one in South Road near Sterling Mills and another on the Kingsway (the main road running through Dundee). The latter of these is a large Tesco Extra superstore. There is a large ASDA at East Kingsway as well as a slightly smaller store at Gilburn Road. Both Riverside Tesco and Kingsway ASDA operate on a 24-hr basis. Morrisons supermarket is on the Forfar Road, north of the A90 Kingsway. Drink[ edit ][ add listing ] There is no shortage of pubs. If you want to do a pub crawl then head to the Hawkhill/Perth Road/West End of the city, where plenty of pubs line the streets, including a mixture of independent, themed and traditional bars. The Nethergate is also a good place to go for plenty of bars that are popular with students. The city centre has fewer places that are worth going, although the Seagate has some nice bars, including outlets run by Wetherspoons. The student unions of Dundee and Abertay Universities have many good nights and are great for a cheap night out.

A gay scene, of sorts, is situated on the Seagate, including a nightclub called Out and its sister pub, Brooklyns, both of which are opposite the bus station. Also The Gauger (now changed hands and called Klozet) Dundee's premier a gay bar. City Centre Tickety Boo's - Seagate / Commercial Street. The Old Horse Shoe Bar - Commercial Street. Lennon's - Castle Street. For all you Beatles fans. Coagie's - Very traditional working class pub. Trades House Bar - Union Street. The Old Bank Bar - Union Street. The West Port Bar - North Lindsay Street. Handy for nightclubs. Hawkhill/Perth Road/West End Sleep[ edit ][ add listing ] Dundee has a variety of hotels in the city centre, catering to all markets and tastes, including: Apex City Quay Hotel & Spa, 1 West Victoria Dock Road Dundee DD1 3JP, ☎ +44 1382 202404 ( dundee.reservations@apexhotels.co.uk , fax: +44 1382 201401), [44] .

checkin: 2.30pm; checkout: 12.00pm. The 4 Star Apex City Quay hotel is a stylish contemporary hotel, located in the heart of the new City Quay development. The hotel has views of the river and Quay. From £64 per night. (56.460822,-2.963192) edit MalmaisonHotel [45] - 4 Star Hotel on Whitehall Crescent, city centre The Queens Hotel - Nethergate, close to the University of Dundee Number Twenty Five - South Tay Street Premier Inn Dundee City Centre [46] - Riverside Drive, beside Discovery Point Travelodge Dundee Central - West Port Invercarse Hotel - Perth Road, close to the Botanical Gardens Dundee Backpackers Hostel [47] - High Street Holiday Inn Express Dundee - Dock Street, +44 1382 314330 [48] info@hiexpressdundee.com. Central Dundee. During the summer, the majority of student accommodations are empty, it may be worthwhile contacting the local Universities to see if they have anything to offer.

There are also various flats and apartments to rent over the summer. There are also various hotels around the outskirts of the city, including: The Landmark Hotel - South Kingsway, foremaly the Swallow Hotel Dundee Premier Inn Dundee West - South Kingsway Travelodge Dundee West - Camperdown Stay safe[ edit ] The local police is Tayside Police [51] and the headquarters is in the town centre at the end of West Bell St beside Dundee's Sheriff Court. Although in the UK, '999' is the number to call the emergency services, you may also want to take note of the direct phone number to the Tayside Police HQ : 0300 111 2222. Dundee has an extensive CCTV system, covering most of the city and the entire city centre. This is owned by Dundee City Council and run by Tayside Police and has helped reduce crime significantly. Dundee, like any other major city, has its anti-social problems, mainly drugs. The area round the rear of the Wellgate centre (Hilltown) and Stobswell have a bad reputation and care should be exercised on The Law at night.

Overall the city has a good reputation. Dundee has a dual carriageway going through it, the Kingsway, which almost splits the city in half. Be aware of speeding cars, as in any other busy city, as accidents are common. Churches[ edit ] The following is a list of established Christian churches in Dundee. Alongside the established churches in Dundee, Dundeeforchrist [52] works with many of the city's churches organizing many different events such as "Resurrection Day", with specially invited guests/bands. Central Baptist Church [53] . The Flemish on the Firth of Tay – Part 1 | Scotland and the Flemish People Scotland and the Flemish People University website Posted on February 6, 2015 by Morvern French This posting is a continuation of our series on the Flemish influence in different parts of Scotland. Having examined the Flemish around the Firth of Forth (blog of 26th of September and 3rd of October 2014), David Dobson now examines the area around the Firth of Tay.

In this first of two postings the focus is on trade with the Tay ports, especially Dundee, where surname evidence of Flemish settlement is explored. This posting complements that prepared on the Dundee area by John Irvine (21st of February 2014). Next week Part 2 will concentrate on Perth. The Trading Background Flanders was probably the most economically advanced location in northern Europe in the medieval period. Its economy was based, though not exclusively, on the production of textiles. The textile industry required wool as its raw material, much of which was acquired from England and Scotland. At the same time its growing urban population required foodstuffs. Scotland supplied herring, cod, salmon, wheat, wool, wool-fells, hides, and skins, and in exchange received high quality cloth, wine, and a wide range of manufactured goods. Bruges was the greatest market in northern Europe and the site of the Scottish staple until 1477. Scottish merchants or factors would have been based at the staple port of Bruges until it moved to Middelburg and later Veere, both in Zeeland. The religious orders in both Scotland and England increasingly developed sheep farms and exported wool and sheep fells to the Low Countries.

In Scotland this began along the Tweed Valley, the Merse (an area near the border with England), and at abbeys such as Melrose, which shipped wool etc. via the port of Berwick-upon-Tweed. From the twelfth century burghs were being established in Scotland, these came in different types – burghs of barony, regality, and royal burghs. Only Royal Burghs could participate in overseas trade, such burghs including Perth and Dundee. Burghs grew up at important route intersections, at or near river-mouths, on strategic sites. Examples included Perth, Dundee and Stirling, established by 1200. Flemish merchants and craftsmen were encouraged to settle in these burghs. The rise of the textile industries in Flanders and elsewhere in the Low Countries generated a demand for wool from Scotland, and soon a regular trade developed. This demand was not only satisfied by lay merchants and farmers but also by the church. The Cistercian monks in Scotland – soon followed by other religious houses as well as lay entrepreneurs – entered the wool trade. For example, by 1255 Coldingham Abbey in Berwickshire was exporting wool.

These exports would have gone via the port of Berwick-on-Tweed, possibly through Flemish merchants there, men such as William of Arras. The Flemish merchants had their factory or Red Hall in Berwick, as did German merchants in the fourteenth century. In the late thirteenth century the Cistercian order at Balmerino, as well as at Coupar Angus, derived income from wool and woolfells, much of which was presumably exported to Flanders. Such exports might have been expected to go through the nearby burgh of Dundee, however the Cistercians had special arrangements. Professor A. A. M. Duncan believed that the Cistercian monasteries had stores at Berwick and also in Perth to which wool, woolfells, and hides were sent by nearby Cistercian monasteries before being shipped abroad. [1] In the case of Perth, the monasteries included Coupar Angus and Balmerino. This certainly happened in the thirteenth century. Religious houses traded directly with the continent, or possibly via London, and so bypassed urban merchants in centres such as Dundee and Perth.

Smaller landowners, in contrast, would have sent their produce to Flanders via local merchants or factors. Such merchants in the fifteenth century included Andrew Halyburton, a well-documented trader in Dundee and the Low Countries. It is not clear from the surviving records how long the monasteries retained the privilege of trading directly with markets on the continent. The Exchequer Rolls of the period are not detailed enough, and only give overall figures and destinations of exports. Flemish factors do not seem to have been based in Scotland, however, as restrictive practices by the burghs and merchant guilds kept the transactions in the hands of the burgesses. In the case of Dundee this practice was enforced by royal charter. A charter of King Robert the Bruce, dated 4th of March 1327, granted the burgesses of Dundee rights similar to those of Berwick. Only Dundee burgesses could buy wool or skins in Forfarshire, while foreign merchants could only trade within the shire of Forfar via Dundee burgesses.

Dundee burgesses had first choice of any imports, and foreign merchants could only act as wholesalers, with all goods to be weighed and measured at the Tron (a public weighing facility usually found in the market square). King David II renewed the burgh charter in 1359, again giving Dundee burgesses the monopoly of buying wool, skins and hides within the shire of Forfar, but extended to purchasing all sorts of goods at the market of Cupar in Fife. Dundee’s hinterland, over which it had a monopoly of trade, included Coupar Angus, Kirriemuir also possibly Arbroath and Forfar. There were boundary disputes between Dundee and Montrose to its north and Perth to its west. Dundee and Perth squabbled over trading rights on the River Tay until in 1402 the Regent of Scotland, Robert Duke of Albany, decreed that Dundee had jurisdiction over any ports between Invergowrie and Barry on the north and also on the opposite side of the river, while Perth had control over the upper Tay. Scotland is known to have attracted immigrants from Flanders, especially in the medieval period but to a lesser extent in the early modern period.

Recent research, reported in earlier blog postings, has established the presence of Flemish people and their descendants in burghs and ports along the Firth of Forth. In this first of two postings an attempt is made to identify people of Flemish origin in the burghs of Dundee and its hinterland. Possible Flemish Surnames in Medieval Dundee Surnames can be used to identify immigrants, however the use of surnames in Scotland only began in the twelfth century and then only among the landowning class. The use of surnames by the bulk of the population only became common by the seventeenth century. Before then many people were known by their Christian names together with that of their occupation, or place of origin, physical description, or by patronymics. It is likely that the first Flemish settlers arrived without surnames and their descendants later adopted the Scots surnames. This could account for the lack of Flemish surnames in Scotland in the medieval period. However, Flemings arriving in the late medieval period or the early modern period would have brought their Flemish names. The use of ‘Fleming’ to differentiate an immigrant may have been used initially, and subsequently became an established surname in Scotland.

Surnames can therefore be used to a limited degree as a tool to identify people of Flemish origin, as many of the first wave of immigrants arrived without surnames and later their descendant followed the Scottish practice. This does underestimate the size of Flemish immigration. Researching into medieval Dundee suffers from the lack of records. This was recognised as early as 1661 when the magistrates claimed ‘that upon the occasion of the intakeing of the burgh of Dundie be the English in the year 1651 the charter kist of the forsaid burgh wes broken up by the English souldiers and all the writs taken out of the samen and many of them brunt and destroyed and verie few if them gotten bak agane’. [Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland vii, p. 353] Similarly, the old parish records, which are usually a good source of information on people, only exist from 1645 for Dundee. The burgh records of Dundee as well as the various trades records exist from the early modern period, that is after 1500, to varying degrees.

They identify people bearing Flemish names who are presumably immigrants or the descendants of immigrants. Take for example the Dundee Burgh and Head Court books, which in the mid-1550s identify people whose names suggest a Flemish origin, including Jhonkyn Crole, Jhonkyn Jak, Jhon Morkart, and Henrick Copmans. A feu charter of 1540 in favour of John Jackson, a burgess of Dundee, refers to Jenkin Costerer’s lands in Dundee, while witnesses include Jacob Rolland, William Weddell, James Cure, William Spalding, and Master William Spalding, a notary public. The Spaldings, a family of known Flemish origin, are mentioned in an indenture of 1443 between the Abbot of Lindores and the burgh of Dundee, which refers to the tenement of Thomas de Spalding and David de Spalding in Market Street, and also to David Wilde, James Elye, Nicholas Elye, and Walter Spanyke.

‘The Compt Buik of David Wedderburne, merchant of Dundee, 1587-1630’ identifies various cargoes between Dundee and Flanders, for example in 1621 he sent 40 ells of plaiding and 300 merks in gold aboard James Croyes ship to exchange for 800 barrels of beans or onions; and in 1594 he sent a cargo of salmon, plaiding an ox hide, and linen cloth to be sold in Flanders. The Dundee Shipping Lists in 1580 identify imports from Flanders as wine, onions, soap madder, canvas, and onion seed, destined for specified Dundee merchants. Minutes of Dundee Town Council do not exist prior to 1553, however there is a list of provosts and bailies from 1286. Among them are a few bearing surnames which may be Flemish. Galfrid Ayre was a bailie in 1375. The surname is probably derived from the Flemish town Aire, between St Omar and Bethune, founded around 850.

David de Spalding was a bailie 1435 to 1442, James Elgy a bailie 1415 to 1418, and possibly Robert Templeman a bailie between 1380 and 1404. ‘The Burgh Laws of Dundee’ is a source of much information on early Dundee, including data on the nine trades of Dundee. The following men seem to bear Flemish surnames. The Glover trade, founded in 1516, was witnessed by a John Air. The Lockit Buik of the Tailor trade lists Wat. Cor and Jenkin Croll in 1567. The Bonnet-maker trade mentions a George Wanent in 1529, and a John Willand, a master a freeman in 1679. The Weaver trade had a Deacon of the Brabenders named Thomas Cappone in 1589, and a Thomas Coppein in 1597.

Among members of the Mason trade were John Mustart, a master and freeman in 1659, and Robert Wandles, a master and freeman in 1659. Robert Wanless and his son James Wanless were of the Maltmen trade in 1623. Barte Zung was Deacon of the Waulkers in 1581, and Gabriel Somer was Deacon of the Cordiners in 1603. ‘The Wedderburn Book’, a history of a family of importance in Dundee, mentions some residents of possibly Flemish origin, for example Peter Imrie, son and heir of the late Peter Imrie, in 1596. According to George F. Black, the first of that name was Emeric, a Lombard of Flanders, who was spoiled (financially ruined) by John Crabbe of Berwick in 1329.

[2] Alexander Maxwell’s ‘Old Dundee prior to the Reformation’ contains much useful data, including a list of burgesses dated 1553, some of whom bore surnames of Flemish origin: Thomas Cant, Andrew Planetre, George Spalding, Macus Schang, John Els, Jonkin Smyth, John Weland, Ginkin Croil, Robert Widder, Andrew Juste, Brandon Als, John Erskin, James Roch, and Henry Piper. The Dundee Burgess Roll, as contained in the Lockit Buik, has a number of surnames of likely Flemish origin, for example Ademan, Aldcorn, Aitkin, Boyack, Brabener, Brand, Butchart, Coppine, Cox, Goabard, Goldman, Honeyman, Just, Luf, Millard, Moyses, and others. On the 3rd of October 1605, Jacques, a Fleming, complained to the Privy Council of Scotland that while William Spence, a burgess of Dundee, had been put to the horn for failing to pay a debt, he was still at liberty. [Register of the Privy Council of Scotland VII, p.

36] (William Spence was admitted as a merchant burgess of Dundee, 27/9/1582, by right of his father David Spence.) ‘The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland’, alias ‘Rotulli Scarrarii Regum Scotorum’, volume XIX, 1557-1567, has an entry on page 350 – ‘et pro customes certorum victualium transportium a portu de Dundie ad partes Flandrie per Simonem Stark et ejus consortes, mercatores Flandrie…’ which reveals that a Simon Stark and his partners, Flemish merchants, were shipping grain from Dundee to Flanders around 1560. It is not clear whether Simon Stark was Flemish or Scottish. The Bishop of Dunkeld purchased wares though his agent David Fourous, a burgess of Haddington. In 1508 he purchased a tabernacle for the church in Dunkeld which was shipped through the port of Dundee.

‘Memorandum that my Lord hes delyverit apon this compt to the said David the sowm of fywe pundis the schillingis for the fraucht of the said tabernacle of Dounde out of Flaundris to the firth and about fra the firth to Dounde. And for sex knarholt burd to be dellyverit to Schir Johne Cormanno in Dounde in my Lordis name for the altar of Sanct Georgis Kyrk in Dounkeld, xxiiii s.’ In 1601 the Convention of Royal Burghs of Scotland recruited skilled textile craftsmen from Flanders with the aim of improving the skills and the quality of the Scottish workforce and the product. These workers were allocated to various burgh councils in Scotland. Dundee was allocated Claus Losseir, a shearer, Cornelius Dermis, a weaver, and Henri de Turque, a weaver. Nothing has been found on their subsequent life in Scotland.

(Henri de Turk was a cloth-maker from Maesen, France, later in Norwich, who arrived in Edinburgh in 1601.) By the middle seventeenth century Dundee had around 10,000 inhabitants and was one of the biggest burghs in Scotland. A number of them were clearly of Flemish descent, but the lack of data makes it impossible to estimate the proportion. David Dobson February 2015 Dr Dobson is currently a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and an Honorary Research Fellow with the Institute of Scottish Historical Research at the University of St Andrews. His research interests are focused mainly on the Scottish Diaspora as well as Scottish history in the early modern period. His publications include Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1683-1783 (Georgia, 1994, 2004); Scottish Trade with Colonial Charleston, 1683-1783 (Glasgow, 2009), and over 115 historical and genealogical source books (Baltimore, 1983-2013). Bibliography [1] A. A. M.

Duncan, Scotland: The Making of the Kingdom, The Edinburgh History of Scotland Volume One, (Oliver & Boyd, 1975). [2] George F. Black, The Surnames of Scotland: their Origin, Meaning and History (New York, 1946). Alexander Maxwell, Old Dundee prior to the Reformation (Dundee, 1891). Charters of the Abbey of Coupar Angus, Vol. 1, 1166-1376 (Edinburgh, 1947). S. Cowan, The Ancient Capital of Scotland (London, 1904). Charters, Writs and Public Documents of the Royal Burgh of Dundee, 1292- C Rogers, Rental Book of the Cistercian Abbey of Cupar Angus (London, 1879). ‘Rentale Dunkeldense’, being the accounts of the bishopric 1505-1517 (Edinburgh 1915). The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland Register of the Privy Council of Scotland A.

Miller, Scottish Forfeited Estates Papers, 1715; 1745 (Edinburgh, 1909). The Compt Buik of David Wedderburne, merchant of Dundee, 1587-1630 Sources Firth of Tay Paddle Steamers Steamers of the Tay - Ian Brodie Stenlake Publishing 2003 A History of the Tay Ferries - David Sinclair David Bradley 1996 Personal recollections 1951-1966 Broughty –Tayport Ferry After the opening of the Tay rail bridges the North British Railway had an obligation to maintain this crossing which was leased to David Wilson of Bo`ness PS Dolphin (1893-1920 ) b Port Glasgow 1885 88`x17` This former workboat was used on the crossing until permission for abandonment was given in 1920.

After this the ferry was in fact continued by the MV Abertay Above : PS Dolphin at Broughty Ferry : Photo courtesy of Local History Centre, Leisure and Culture, Dundee - via Gillon Ferguson Source Duckworth and Langmuir Railway and Other Steamers Shipping Histories Limited Glasgow 1948 Tay Excursion Steamers Most of the pleasure sailings from Dundee were up firth to relatively calm waters and hence many of the paddle steamers that plied on the Taywere more in the nature of river steamers The principal ports of call were : Balmerino just a short distance upstream on the Fife shore, Newburgh, a little further in North Fife and of course Perth Some of the smaller ships even sailed up the tributary river Earn as far as Bridge of Earn. For this a shallow draught was essential and hence paddle steamers were favoured. Between1909 and 1914 D & J Nichol operated two much larger steamers the Marchioness of Bute and the Slieve Bearnagh which made possible more extensive sea cruises to Arbroath, the Bell Rock, St Andrews and even further afield.

On the outbreak of the first world war the ships and their trade disappeared and when restarted in 1917 was carried on with smaller ships and mainly to the upper firth . Various Fleets In the 1890s ships changed owners rapidly George Martin D & J Nichol The Tay Steamboat Co PS Princess of Wales buit 1866 (1886-7) later PS Albion (1891-1903) then PS Shamrock (1903-9) 142x20 feet Aitken & Mansel / J Aitken & Co Glasgow The first purely excursion steamer on the Tay served in three different periods with different names and owners. Originally built for Loch Lomond, she sailed on the Forth before coming to the Tay and although built with deck saloons she was flush-decked by 1886.

She spent periods on the Tyne, and was said to have eventually gone to France Above : PS Princess of Wales at Dundee : Photo courtesy of Local History Centre, Leisure and Culture, Dundee - via Gillon Ferguson PS Hero (1886-8) built 1858, 181x19 feet. Wingate/ T Wingate A Clyde steamer which had also sailed on Belfast Lough Larger than Princess of Wales. Latterly ran mainly on dancing cruises. Taken over by MacBraynes in 1890. Renamed Mountaineer. Scrapped in 1910 PS Argyle (1890-1904 ) built 1866 177x17 ft Barclay Curle & Co A Clyde steamer latterly on the Wemyss Bay service She was flush-decked but a saloon was fitted in 1902.

Sold to Spain PS Bonnie Dundee built 1890 (1890-1904) and PS Advance built 1905 (1905-12 ) Two very small paddlers built for James Tare and exceptionally suitable for low water at Balmerino and trips up the Earn PS Bonnie Dundee at Dundee alongside the tug "Conqueror" : Photo courtesy of Local History Centre, Leisure and Culture, Dundee - via Gillon Ferguson PS Scotia (1894-7) built 1894 165 feet Gourlay Bros Dundee The first excursion steamer built for the Tay. Flush decked but speedy.

Sold to Siberia PS Scotia at Dundee with Argyle in the background : Photo courtesy of Local History Centre, Leisure and Culture, Dundee - via Gillon Ferguson George Martin T S S Thistle (I) (1902) T S S Thistle (II) (1903-05) PS Shamrock (1904-9) : see above PS Carlyle built 1905 (1909-14*) 139x17 feet : Thames Iron Works From 1911 - registered with the Tay Steamboat Company, but likely to have been in service from the end of July, 1909, when she arrived on the Tay after the demise of the London County Council riverboat service. Withdrawn on the outbroak of World War 1 (?) and sold in early 1916 Saw war service in Iraq and abandoned in 1916 Above : Two post card views of Carlyle at Bridge of Earn kindly supplid by Alan Ginn PS Alleyn built 1905 (1909-12) Was a sister ship to Carlyle and was sold to George Martin alongside Carlyle.

She was subject to a mortgage held by a Mr F Waters of Newhaven, Sussex, and it appears she reverted to him when there was a foreclosure in 1912. Also saw war service in Iraq D & J Nicholl TSS Kinfauns Castle (1906-9) PS Marchioness of Bute built 1890 (1909-14) 200x22 feet : J Reid & Co / Rankin & Blackmore Built for Caledonian Steam Packet Co. Largest & finest Tay steamer to date. Sailed to Arbroath , Bell Rock and Perth. Became minesweeper 1914. Scrapped Inverkeithing 1923 PS Slieve Bearnagh built 1894 (1912-14) 225x26 feet : J & G Thomson, Clydebank Previously sailed on Belfast Lough. Largest ever Tay excursion steamer Ran to Montrose and St Andrews. Minesweeper 1914.

Scrapped at Inverkeithing in 1921 The Tay Steamboat Company Pre- World War 1 : Alleyne and Carlyle (see above, under George Martin) PS Empress Purchased from Goole to maintain sailings in 1916 and 1917. Sold to Cork Above : PS Empress early in her carer before moving to the Tay, with mainmast : A post card view - by kind courtesy of Alan Ginn PS Dundee See ferry section Used for Newburgh sailings in 1917. Sold in 1920 PS Cleopatra built 1898 ( 1918-31) 120 feet Thames Iron Works Like Carlyle and Alleyn she was a shallow draft paddler built for Thames local traffic and hence very suitable for upriver excursions.

In the 1950s she was still remembered by older Dundonians with affection Broken up 1932 Sources Firth of Tay & Eden Estuary Firth of Tay & Eden Estuary Dundee, Fife, Perth and Kinross SPA status Tayport to Tentsmuir Coast The Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary is located on the east coast of central Scotland. The Firth stretches for some 35 km along the estuary from near Newburgh to the estuary mouth. For much of its length the main channel of the estuary lies close to the southern shore and the most extensive intertidal flats are on the north side, west of Dundee. In Monifieth Bay, to the east of Dundee, the substrate becomes sandier and there are also Mussel Mytilus edulis beds. The south shore consists of fairly steeply shelving mud and shingle. The Inner Tay Estuary is particularly noted for the continuous dense stands of Common Reed Phragmites australis along its northern shore. These reedbeds, inundated during high tides, are amongst the largest in Britain.

Eastwards, as conditions become more saline, there are areas of saltmarsh, a relatively scarce habitat in eastern Scotland. The site is of importance in summer for breeding terns and Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus, whilst in the migration periods and in winter the estuary holds major concentrations of waterbirds, especially waders, sea-ducks and geese. Sea-ducks also feed, loaf and roost outside the SPA in the open waters of the Firth.

For individual species accounts visit the Species Accounts section This site qualifies under Article 4.1 of the Directive (79/409/EEC) by supporting populations of European importance of the following species listed on Annex I of the Directive: During the breeding season; Little Tern Sterna albifrons, 44 pairs representing at least 1.8% of the breeding population in Great Britain (Seabird Census Register) Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus, 4 pairs representing at least 2.5% of the breeding population in Great Britain (1997) Over winter; Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica, 2,400 individuals representing at least 4.5% of the wintering population in Great Britain (winter peak mean) This site also qualifies under Article 4.2 of the Directive (79/409/EEC) by supporting populations of European importance of the following migratory species: Over winter; Greylag Goose Anser anser, 1,355 individuals representing at least 1.4% of the wintering Iceland/UK/Ireland population (5 year peak mean 1991/2 - 199

5/6) Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus, 3,769 individuals representing at least 1.7% of the wintering Eastern Greenland/Iceland/UK population (5 year peak mean 1991/2 - 1995/6) Redshank Tringa totanus, 1,800 individuals representing at least 1.2% of the wintering Eastern Atlantic - wintering population (winter peak mean) Assemblage qualification: A wetland of international importance.

The area qualifies under Article 4.2 of the Directive (79/409/EEC) by regularly supporting at least 20,000 waterfowl Over winter, the area regularly supports 34,074 individual waterfowl (5 year peak mean 1991/2 - 1995/6) including: Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca, Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus, Greylag Goose Anser anser, Redshank Tringa totanus, Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, Shelduck Tadorna tadorna, Eider Somateria mollissima, Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica, Common Scoter Melanitta nigra, Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa islandica, Goldeneye Bucephala clangula, Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator, Goosander Mergus merganser, Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola, Sanderling Calidris alba, Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina, Long-tailed duck

 Clangula hyemalis.

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Question: Dundee is on which Firth?
Answer: TAY