[1] The German ship Bohus was wrecked near here in 1924,[2] and its figurehead, known as the "White Wife of Otterswick", can be seen near the village.

The original wooden one rotted away and was replaced by a fibreglass replica.

[3] Despite being a German boat, the Bohus was built in Grangemouth on the Firth of Forth, and was originally known as the Bertha.

[2] The site forms part of the Otterswick and Graveland Important Bird Area (IBA), designated as such by BirdLife International.

The land is dominated by blanket bogs with stretches of dry heath moorland.