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Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.48084, -3.44279
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ 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
- 🐦69+ 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 +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, Mallard +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Cortinarius caninus, Slimy Webcap, Blue-Girdled Webcap +72 more · last seen 2022
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell +15 more · last seen 2021
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Water Avens, Water Cress, Meadowsweet +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
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Evening sun at Achcomhairle
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,024 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,024 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Mute Swan · Mallard · Goldeneye · Lapwing +36
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2023
- PochardAythya ferina2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- SmewMergellus albellus2023
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- RedshankTringa totanus2022
Wild Cat Hybrid
- Wild Cat HybridFelis silvestris x catus
🍄Fungi23 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Cortinarius caninus · Entoloma pseudoturci · Blackening Waxcap · Entoloma lividocyanulum · Meadow Waxcap +18
- Cortinarius caninusCortinarius caninus
- Entoloma pseudoturciEntoloma pseudoturci
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica
- Entoloma lividocyanulumEntoloma lividocyanulum
- Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
- Meadow CoralClavulinopsis corniculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,024 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Mute Swan · Mallard · Goldeneye · Lapwing +36
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2023
- PochardAythya ferina2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- SmewMergellus albellus2023
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- RedshankTringa totanus2022
Wild Cat Hybrid
- Wild Cat HybridFelis silvestris x catus
🍄Fungi23 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Cortinarius caninus · Entoloma pseudoturci · Blackening Waxcap · Entoloma lividocyanulum · Meadow Waxcap +18
- Cortinarius caninusCortinarius caninus
- Entoloma pseudoturciEntoloma pseudoturci
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica
- Entoloma lividocyanulumEntoloma lividocyanulum
- Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
- Meadow CoralClavulinopsis corniculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas