Achanarras Farm, Broch site
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome
Getting here
58.47630, -3.45733
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Tufted Duck
- 🍄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
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Tufted Duck
- 🍄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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, Mallard +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, Mallard +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Cortinarius malicorius, Cortinarius caninus, Slimy Webcap +77 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Green-veined White, Painted Lady +26 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Meadowsweet, Procumbent Pearlwort, Tufted Forget-me-not +5 more · last seen 2016
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (John o' Groats)Mountain bike route223.7 km▾
Named routeLength 223.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
Hard bottomed track between Achanarras Farm and Torran Wood by Thurso
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,213 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,213 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Mute Swan · Mallard · Goldeneye · Teal +40
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2023
- PochardAythya ferina2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- SmewMergellus albellus2023
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Wild Cat Hybrid · Roe Deer
- Wild Cat HybridFelis silvestris x catus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Pterostichus niger · Large Red Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🍄Fungi25 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Fruity Brittlegill · Jellied Bolete · Fly Agaric · Cortinarius biformis · Purple Stocking Webcap +20
- Fruity BrittlegillRussula queletii
- Jellied BoleteSuillus flavidus
- Fly AgaricAmanita muscaria var. muscaria
- Cortinarius biformisCortinarius biformis
- Purple Stocking WebcapCortinarius stillatitius
- Cinnamon WebcapCortinarius cinnamomeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,213 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Mute Swan · Mallard · Goldeneye · Teal +40
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2023
- PochardAythya ferina2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- SmewMergellus albellus2023
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Wild Cat Hybrid · Roe Deer
- Wild Cat HybridFelis silvestris x catus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Pterostichus niger · Large Red Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🍄Fungi25 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Fruity Brittlegill · Jellied Bolete · Fly Agaric · Cortinarius biformis · Purple Stocking Webcap +20
- Fruity BrittlegillRussula queletii
- Jellied BoleteSuillus flavidus
- Fly AgaricAmanita muscaria var. muscaria
- Cortinarius biformisCortinarius biformis
- Purple Stocking WebcapCortinarius stillatitius
- Cinnamon WebcapCortinarius cinnamomeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas