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Alltbreac Broch

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📷 Graeme Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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58.05965, -4.38929

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Lesser Redpoll
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Lesser Redpoll
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Lesser Redpoll, Willow Warbler +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Lesser Redpoll, Willow Warbler +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sitka Spruce, Lodgepole Pine, Rosebay Willowherb +79 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Sitka Spruce, Lodgepole Pine, Rosebay Willowherb +79 more · last seen 2017

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Rowan, Autumn Hawkbit, Mouse-ear-hawkweed +4 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Four-spotted Chaser · last seen 2024; Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Four-spotted Chaser · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Little Loch Shin WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Broch WalkWalking route

Named route

Ord Hill TrailWalking route

Named route

Balloan – Lairg Core PathWalking route

Named routeRef C16.07Local walking route

Gunns Wood Core PathWalking route

Named routeRef SU16.02Local walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,563 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,563 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

springsummer

2025

Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Chaffinch · Common Gull · Greylag Goose +55

Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common GullLarus canus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
RedshankTringa totanus
TealAnas crecca
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
GreenshankTringa nebularia
WigeonMareca penelope
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Great TitParus major2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
ScaupAythya marila2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
Larus canus canusLarus canus canus2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2024

Red Deer

Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2024

Four-spotted Chaser

Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,563 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

springsummer

2025

Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Chaffinch · Common Gull · Greylag Goose +55

Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common GullLarus canus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
RedshankTringa totanus
TealAnas crecca
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
GreenshankTringa nebularia
WigeonMareca penelope
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Great TitParus major2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
ScaupAythya marila2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
Larus canus canusLarus canus canus2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2024

Red Deer

Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2024

Four-spotted Chaser

Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Graeme Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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