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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
56.18092, -4.39484
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️David Marshall Lodge Car Park 378m away — 7 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️David Marshall Lodge Car Park 378m away — 7 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Wren +82 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Wren +82 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Willow Aphid, Culiseta annulata, Common Darter +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Great North Trail (Grampian Mountains)
Varies
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mary Queen of Scots WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Great Trossachs PathWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmNational walking route
8 mile loopWalking route▾
Named routeRef BlackRound tripLocal walking route
Loch Ard Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RedRound tripLocal walking route
Ben Lomond ViewpointWalking route▾
Named routeRef BlueRound tripLocal walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Gravelfoyle - Lomond ViewCycling route▾
Named routeRef lomondLocal cycle route
Gravelfoyle - Aqueduct LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef aqueductLocal cycle route
Gravelfoyle - Faerie LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef faerieLocal cycle route
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route498 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 498 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Grampian Mountains)Mountain bike route261.2 km▾
Named routeLength 261.2 kmNational Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
9,898 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,898 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Chaffinch · Mallard · Wren · Coal Tit · Woodpigeon +47
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Ardea cinerea cinereaArdea cinerea cinerea2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Red Deer · Pine Marten · Beaver
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2025
- Pine MartenMartes martes2025
- BeaverCastor fiber2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large Willow Aphid · Culiseta annulata · Common Darter · Black Darter · Mottled Grasshopper +3
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,898 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Chaffinch · Mallard · Wren · Coal Tit · Woodpigeon +47
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Ardea cinerea cinereaArdea cinerea cinerea2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Red Deer · Pine Marten · Beaver
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2025
- Pine MartenMartes martes2025
- BeaverCastor fiber2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large Willow Aphid · Culiseta annulata · Common Darter · Black Darter · Mottled Grasshopper +3
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Episyrphus balteatus
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