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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome
Getting here
57.98737, -4.59186
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Siskin and Chaffinch
- 🍄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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Siskin and Chaffinch
- 🍄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 — Siskin, Chaffinch, Robin +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Siskin, Chaffinch, Robin +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Violet Coral, Hen Of The Woods, Scarletina Bolete +24 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Black Darter, Red-legged Shieldbug, Common Hawker +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — daffodils, Swedish Pouchwort, Sweet Vernal-grass +200 more · last seen 2017
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Cape Wrath)Mountain bike route133.3 km▾
Named routeLength 133.3 kmNational Cycle Network
Great North Trail (John o' Groats)Mountain bike route223.7 km▾
Named routeLength 223.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
Footbridge and autumn trees at Achness, Sutherland
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,239 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,239 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Siskin · Robin · Jay · Grey Heron +36
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Sericomyia silentis · Mesembrina meridiana · Bee Beetle
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Bee BeetleTrichius fasciatus
Violet Coral
- Violet CoralClavaria zollingeri s. lat.
Tufted Hair-grass · Creeping Thistle · Cat's-ear · Common Mouse-ear · Gorse +78
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- GorseUlex europaeus
- CleaversGalium aparine
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,239 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Siskin · Robin · Jay · Grey Heron +36
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Sericomyia silentis · Mesembrina meridiana · Bee Beetle
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Bee BeetleTrichius fasciatus
Violet Coral
- Violet CoralClavaria zollingeri s. lat.
Tufted Hair-grass · Creeping Thistle · Cat's-ear · Common Mouse-ear · Gorse +78
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- GorseUlex europaeus
- CleaversGalium aparine
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas