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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome
Getting here
56.88733, -4.77594
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Great Tit
- 🍄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
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Great Tit
- 🍄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 — Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit +47 more · last seen 2023
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit +47 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Lobarina scrobiculata, Sphaerophorus globosus, Netted Shield Lichen +58 more · last seen 2017
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Chequered Skipper, Mottled Grey, Clouded Drab +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Rowan, Downy Birch, Sitka Spruce +212 more · last seen 2017
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
East Highland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
1,807 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,807 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMeadow Pipit · Lesser Redpoll · Carrion Crow · Red Grouse (scotica) · Jackdaw
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
Red Squirrel · Wild Boar
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Wild BoarSus scrofa2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Tiger Beetle
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Carnation Sedge · Hard-fern · Tormentil · Sweet Vernal-grass · Bilberry +118
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2023
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Spreading Meadow-grass
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,807 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMeadow Pipit · Lesser Redpoll · Carrion Crow · Red Grouse (scotica) · Jackdaw
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
Red Squirrel · Wild Boar
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Wild BoarSus scrofa2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Tiger Beetle
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Carnation Sedge · Hard-fern · Tormentil · Sweet Vernal-grass · Bilberry +118
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2023
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Spreading Meadow-grass
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Poa humilis
Poa humilis
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaRound-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2023Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2023Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2023Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2023Mat-grassNardus stricta2023Mat-grassNardus stricta2023Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2023Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileSlender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrumSlender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrumMarsh VioletViola palustrisMarsh VioletViola palustrisPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaChickweed WintergreenLysimachia europaeaChickweed WintergreenLysimachia europaeaRowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaPill SedgeCarex piluliferaPill SedgeCarex piluliferaBell HeatherErica cinereaBell HeatherErica cinereaBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataHeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisEared WillowSalix auritaEared WillowSalix auritaYellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides2023Yellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides2023Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2023Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2023Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2023Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2023Star SedgeCarex echinata2023Star SedgeCarex echinata2023Alpine BistortBistorta vivipara2023Alpine BistortBistorta vivipara2023Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2023Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2023Imperforate St John's-wortHypericum maculatum2023Imperforate St John's-wortHypericum maculatum2023Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2023Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum2023DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum2023Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2023Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2023Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023PignutConopodium majus2023PignutConopodium majus2023Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2023Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2023Red FescueFestuca rubra2023Red FescueFestuca rubra2023Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2023Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2023Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2023Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023DaisyBellis perennis2023DaisyBellis perennis2023Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2023Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2023Beech FernPhegopteris connectilisBeech FernPhegopteris connectilisAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataSitka SprucePicea sitchensisSitka SprucePicea sitchensisWavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosaWavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosaGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaHairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosaHairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosaHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumRaspberryRubus idaeusRaspberryRubus idaeusHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumBroomCytisus scopariusBroomCytisus scopariusHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusHybrid OakQuercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosaceaHybrid OakQuercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosaceaDowny BirchBetula pubescensDowny BirchBetula pubescensDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumWood SageTeucrium scorodoniaWood SageTeucrium scorodoniaCommon ChickweedStellaria media2023Common ChickweedStellaria media2023Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2023Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2023BlinksMontia fontana2023BlinksMontia fontana2023Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2023Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2023Viviparous Sheep's-fescueFestuca vivipara2023Viviparous Sheep's-fescueFestuca vivipara2023Taxus baccata f. fastigiataTaxus baccata f. fastigiata2023Taxus baccata f. fastigiataTaxus baccata f. fastigiata2023Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023Brown BentAgrostis vinealis2023Brown BentAgrostis vinealis2023Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2023Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Dryopteris cambrensisDryopteris cambrensis2023Dryopteris cambrensisDryopteris cambrensis2023Wild ThymeThymus drucei2023Wild ThymeThymus drucei2023Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2023Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2023Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2023Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2023Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2023Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2023Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum2023Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum2023Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2023Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2023Creeping WillowSalix repens2023Creeping WillowSalix repens2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2023Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2023Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2023Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023Common SallowSalix cinerea2023Common SallowSalix cinerea2023Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2023Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Bush VetchVicia sepium2023Bush VetchVicia sepium2023Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum2023Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum2023Oval SedgeCarex leporina2023Oval SedgeCarex leporina2023Dioecious SedgeCarex dioica2023Dioecious SedgeCarex dioica2023Slender RushJuncus tenuis2023Slender RushJuncus tenuis2023Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2023Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2023MoonwortBotrychium lunaria2023MoonwortBotrychium lunaria2023PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023Few-flowered Spike-rushEleocharis quinqueflora2023Few-flowered Spike-rushEleocharis quinqueflora2023Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2023Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2023SilverweedPotentilla anserina2023SilverweedPotentilla anserina2023Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2023Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2023Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Early Hair-grassAira praecox2023Early Hair-grassAira praecox2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2023Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2023Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2023Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2023LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2023LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2023SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023Common SedgeCarex nigra2023Common SedgeCarex nigra2023Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2023Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2023Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2023Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2023Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2023Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2023