Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
58.31361, -4.91292
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Cuckoo and Swallow
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Cuckoo and Swallow
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Cuckoo, Swallow, Wren +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Cuckoo, Swallow, Wren +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Microbotryum pinguiculae, Cratered Duster, Horsehair Parachute +35 more · last seen 2022
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Common Heath, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Marsh Cudweed, Floating Bur-reed, Procumbent Pearlwort +140 more · last seen 2013
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cape Wrath Trail (Inchnadamph → Cape Wrath)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route▾
Photos
Moorland near Allt Achadh Fairidh
Weather for this location
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