Lintrathen, Loch of

A reservoir and nature reserve in the Braes of Angus, situated at the southern end of Glen Isla, 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Alyth. Along with the larger Backwater Reservoir, Lintrathen supplies water to Dundee, the towns of Angus and NE Perth and Kinross. Surrounded by farmland, the loch is visited by large numbers of wildfowl, wintering geese, whooper swans and the occasional osprey.

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