Mugdrum Island

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Mugdrum Island lies in the Firth of Tay offshore from the town of Newburgh, Fife, in the east of Scotland. Its name is from the Gaelic for hog-back.

It is low-lying and reedy. The reeds were once harvested for thatching and for protecting potatoes during transhipment. Until 1926 a 50-acre farm grew cereals, potatoes and turnips the island's alluvial soil. It is now a nature reserve under the stewardship of the Tay Valley Wildfowlers' Association.

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Coordinates: 56.35606° N 3.25578° W

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