However, it does have one enduring claim to fame: it was the setting for The Birds.
Daily boat tours allow visitors to get up close to the birds in their natural environment.
Long before you can see the birds along the river, you can hear them.
Calling to each other through the night, the birds do not ever seem to stay quiet.
Frantically flapping, the birds truly appear to be struggling to stay in the air.
The experience is almost dizzying, as the birds flit about like Tinker Bells of the forest.
You can rent a boat and go fishing or just explore the hiking trails and spot the birds...
The title flock, all escaped pets, now roams free, and the birds make fabulous subjects.
The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming and May Day is soon upon us.
Saving the birds from extinction could have important implications for human health, argue conservationists.
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Nadareski peered into the birds' ears, then spread their wings to check for lice.
Crofters on Skye and in Wester Ross have claimed the birds feed on their stock.
Bits of fresh meat reward the birds when they return to their home perches.
In autumn, however, the birds are in survival mode and are not as brazen.
Large sections of beaches are fenced off for months to safeguard the birds' nests.
The birds are being fed locally-bought sprats while fishing in the Caspian is impossible.
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Local residents have been volunteering to help authorities in their efforts to feed the birds.
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According to Dr Vrtiska this has had a hugely beneficial impact on the birds.
The school is also educating students about not feeding the birds or dropping litter.
Numbers had dwindled, with suspicions the birds had been "stolen or harmed" prompting an RSPCA investigation.
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She also warned people not to try to help the birds by picking them up.
Add a hummingbird feeder, and Harrison says the birds will return year after year.
Earlier figures show there were 1, 000 of the birds living in the wild in 1980.
Nigel Darley, 64, who kept the birds as a hobby, said he was "heartbroken".
Among the birds that have not survived are rare red and black throated divers.
Industry and government standards use a formula based on the weight of the birds.
The birds are beginning to turn and are heading once more toward the south.
Mr Aldous argued that the birds' behaviour had worsened in the last five to six years.
But there have been reports of the birds moving into nest boxes within a month.
This finding made it even more strange that the birds should have such similar songs.
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