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✦Heritage🏡Gardens
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.31520, -3.26161
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John O'Groats Trail (Lybster to Whaligoe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG11Local walking route
John O'Groats Trail (Dunbeath to Lybster)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG10Local walking route
Photos
Minor road crossing the Bridge of Achavar
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Wildlife to spot
1,018 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,018 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Lapwing · Twite · Black Redstart · European White-fronted Goose · Erithacus rubecula melophilus +10
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- PuffinFratercula arctica2024
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red Admiral · Large White · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell · Painted Lady +8
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus
Xanthoria aureola · Crab's Eye Lichen
- Xanthoria aureolaXanthoria aureola
- Crab's Eye LichenOchrolechia parella
Galingale · False Oat-grass · Wall Speedwell · Soft-rush · Compact Rush +120
- GalingaleCyperus longus
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,018 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Lapwing · Twite · Black Redstart · European White-fronted Goose · Erithacus rubecula melophilus +10
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- PuffinFratercula arctica2024
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red Admiral · Large White · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell · Painted Lady +8
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus
Xanthoria aureola · Crab's Eye Lichen
- Xanthoria aureolaXanthoria aureola
- Crab's Eye LichenOchrolechia parella
Galingale · False Oat-grass · Wall Speedwell · Soft-rush · Compact Rush +120
- GalingaleCyperus longus
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas