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Scottish Exotic Animal Rescue

📷 Lewis Clarke · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome

Getting here

57.58636, -3.86540

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Carrion Crow
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Café Nairn — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Carrion Crow
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Café Nairn — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Best for

10 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +83 more · last seen 2026

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +83 more · last seen 2026

Family friendly

Strong match

Free

café, toilets

Picnic day out

Strong match

Free

café, toilets, car park

Dog walks

Good match

Free

Dogs allowed with public access

Cycling

Good match

Varies

Named cycling route nearby: NCN 1 Dundee to Tain

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

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19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route▾

Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route117 m▾

Named routeRef 1Length 117 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾

Named routeRef 1Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route778 m▾

Named routeRef 1Length 778 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

35,517 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

35,517 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds86 species

summerautumn

2026

Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Oystercatcher · Redshank

+81 more species

All 86 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
WigeonMareca penelope
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great TitParus major2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
TealAnas crecca2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Little AukAlle alle2025
Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus2025
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

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Mammals7 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Grey Seal · Seals · Harbour Seal

+2 more species

All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus2025
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2025
SealsPinnipedia2025
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2025
Brown Rat

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Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

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Insects8 species

summer

2025

Nicrophorus investigator · Volucella pellucens · Syrphus · Eristalis pertinax · Common Wasp

+3 more species

All 8 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Nicrophorus investigatorNicrophorus investigator
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
SyrphusSyrphus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Common WaspVespula vulgaris
Crataerina pallidaCrataerina pallida

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Plants9 species

summer

2025

Kidney Vetch · Japanese Rose · Common Ragwort · White Clover · Great Willowherb

+4 more species

All 9 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
White CloverTrifolium repens
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Sea RocketCakile maritima

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

35,517 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds86 species

summerautumn

2026

Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Oystercatcher · Redshank

+81 more species

All 86 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
WigeonMareca penelope
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great TitParus major2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
TealAnas crecca2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Little AukAlle alle2025
Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus2025
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

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Mammals7 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Grey Seal · Seals · Harbour Seal

+2 more species

All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus2025
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2025
SealsPinnipedia2025
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2025
Brown Rat

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Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

🐝

Insects8 species

summer

2025

Nicrophorus investigator · Volucella pellucens · Syrphus · Eristalis pertinax · Common Wasp

+3 more species

All 8 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Nicrophorus investigatorNicrophorus investigator
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
SyrphusSyrphus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Common WaspVespula vulgaris
Crataerina pallidaCrataerina pallida

🌿

Plants9 species

summer

2025

Kidney Vetch · Japanese Rose · Common Ragwort · White Clover · Great Willowherb

+4 more species

All 9 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
White CloverTrifolium repens
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Sea RocketCakile maritima

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

15 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Lewis Clarke · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Nairn : Harbour Street

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Photos

📷 Lewis Clarke · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Nairn : Harbour Street

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Facilities

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Café

Café Nairn · 82m

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Parking

Library Car Park · Paid · 76m

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Toilets

300m away

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Farm visit

0m away

✓ Public accessPaid entry🐶 Dogs

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🐕Dogs welcome

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🌱The LinksUrban park400 m→🌱West LinksUrban park700 m→🌱The LinksUrban park300 m→✦The Toorie MonumentHistoric site400 m→🪦Nairn CemeteryCemetery1.4 km→✦Auldearn MotteHistoric site3.3 km→