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Getting here
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Goosander
- 🍄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
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Goosander
- 🍄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 — Blue Tit, Goosander, Robin +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Goosander, Robin +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Mallrug, Mallryg, Bleeding Broadleaf Crust, Birch Rust +14 more · last seen 2014
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Melanostoma scalare, Marmalade Hoverfly +133 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Tufted Hair-grass, Yellow Pimpernel, Alder +196 more · last seen 2022
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
St Conan Pilgrim WayWalking route118 km▾
Just over 100km of walking, mostly on road but with mountain pass of Glen Noe. Walking distance about 103 km
Named routeLength 118 kmLocal walking route
Craig Lodge to CatnishWalking route8.2 km▾
Requires care and map reading. Some fences may need negotiating.
Named routeLength 8.2 kmLocal walking route
Photos
A819 north approaching Achlian
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Wildlife to spot
1,575 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,575 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
winterspring
2025▾
Robin · Dunnock · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Goosander +20
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
🦌Mammals7 species
springautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Hedgehog · Red Deer · Mole +2
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Neoascia · Slender-footed Robberfly · Euphylidorea dispar · Dark-edged Bee-fly +4
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- NeoasciaNeoascia
- Slender-footed RobberflyLeptarthrus brevirostris
- Euphylidorea disparEuphylidorea dispar2023
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Devil's-bit Scabious · Sharp-flowered Rush · Marsh Ragwort · Common Sallow · Bladder-sedge +125
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2019
- Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2019
- Common SallowSalix cinerea2019
- Bladder-sedgeCarex vesicaria2019
- Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,575 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
winterspring
2025▾
Robin · Dunnock · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Goosander +20
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
🦌Mammals7 species
springautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Hedgehog · Red Deer · Mole +2
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Neoascia · Slender-footed Robberfly · Euphylidorea dispar · Dark-edged Bee-fly +4
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- NeoasciaNeoascia
- Slender-footed RobberflyLeptarthrus brevirostris
- Euphylidorea disparEuphylidorea dispar2023
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Devil's-bit Scabious · Sharp-flowered Rush · Marsh Ragwort · Common Sallow · Bladder-sedge +125
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2019
- Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2019
- Common SallowSalix cinerea2019
- Bladder-sedgeCarex vesicaria2019
- Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021Scarce Scabious ClubhornAbia candens2021Scarce Scabious ClubhornAbia candens2021Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2021Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2021Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2020Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis20202019
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