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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome
Getting here
56.06084, -5.44587
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Spotted Woodpecker
- 🍄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
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Spotted Woodpecker
- 🍄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, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chaffinch +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Red Squirrel, Roe Deer, Red Fox +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Platismatia glauca, Hypotrachyna laevigata, Lungwort Lichen +31 more · last seen 2023
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Sericomyia silentis, Common Darter, Common Carder Bee +118 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Marsh Thistle, Hard-fern, Rowan +198 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Crinan CanalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 78National Cycle Network
Caledonia WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 78Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 78Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route279 m▾
Named routeRef 78Length 279 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route49 m▾
Named routeRef 78Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lochan Buic Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
firetower trailMountain bike route▾
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Cup & ring marked rocks at Achnabreck
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