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Tarbert Castle

✦ Ancient woodland0 ha

📷 Peter Jeffery · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

55.86394, -5.40952

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Hooded Crow
🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
☕The Gallery Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Hooded Crow
🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
☕The Gallery Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Oystercatcher +75 more · last seen 2026

Ancient woodland

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Oystercatcher +75 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland

Heritage

Strong match

Free

Historic site

Insect spotting

Good match

Free

Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Meliscaeva cinctella, Syrphus +5 more · last seen 2025

Easy access

Good match

Varies

parking, toilets

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Kintyre WayWalking route161 km▾

Named routeLength 161 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Corranbuie TrailWalking route4.2 km▾

Named routeLength 4.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Tarbert Castle TrailWalking route1.6 km▾

Named routeLength 1.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route

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Cycling

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1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Caledonia WayCycling route▾

Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,670 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

5,670 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds78 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Herring Gull · Hooded Crow · Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull · Robin

+73 more species

All 78 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
GannetMorus bassanus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2022
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
WigeonMareca penelope2022
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2022

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Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Seal · Roe Deer · Common Porpoise · Otter

+1 more species

All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2024
OtterLutra lutra

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Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2025

Adder · Common Lizard

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Amphibians3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Common Toad

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Insects8 species

springsummer

2025

Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Meliscaeva cinctella · Syrphus · Xylota segnis · Bombus lucorum

+3 more species

All 8 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
SyrphusSyrphus
Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax

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Fungi1 species

spring

2025

Alder Bracket

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,670 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds78 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Herring Gull · Hooded Crow · Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull · Robin

+73 more species

All 78 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
GannetMorus bassanus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2022
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
WigeonMareca penelope2022
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2022

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Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Seal · Roe Deer · Common Porpoise · Otter

+1 more species

All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2024
OtterLutra lutra

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Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2025

Adder · Common Lizard

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Common Toad

🐝

Insects8 species

springsummer

2025

Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Meliscaeva cinctella · Syrphus · Xylota segnis · Bombus lucorum

+3 more species

All 8 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
SyrphusSyrphus
Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax

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Fungi1 species

spring

2025

Alder Bracket

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

22 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Peter Jeffery · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Photos

📷 Peter Jeffery · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Events & activities nearby

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Bookable tours

Facilities

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Café

The Gallery Cafe · 109m

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Parking

Tarbert to Portavadie Ferry Parking · Free · 150m

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Picnic spot

242m away

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Toilets

137m away

✦ Ancient🐶 Dogs

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Tarbert Castle GroundsUrban park0 m→⛪The Old ChurchReligious grounds300 m→⛪Tarbert Parish ChurchReligious grounds500 m→✦Tarbert CastleHistoric site100 m→✦Stonefield Castle HotelHistoric site3.1 km→🪦Carrick CemeteryCemetery2.4 km→