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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Getting here
57.34012, -3.38117
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Free 🧺 Picnic spot
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Pheasant, Meadow Pipit +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Pheasant, Meadow Pipit +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Ringlet, Emerald Damselfly +140 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Ringlet, Emerald Damselfly +140 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Petty Whin, Germander Speedwell, Bracken +179 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Petty Whin, Germander Speedwell, Bracken +179 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Mouse-ear-hawkweed, Common Chickweed, Dandelion +19 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Speyside Way Walking route 207 km ▾
Named route Length 207 km National walking route
Show on map Speyside Way (Tominoul Spur) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map Photos A cosy picnic site by Altnaglander cottages.
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Bookable tours Wildlife to spot
1,664 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,664 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Blue Tit · Meadow Pipit · Chaffinch · Wren +38
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coal Tit Periparus ater Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Curlew Numenius arquata2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Common Gull Larus canus2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Goosander Mergus merganser2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2024 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2023 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Red Deer · Roe Deer · Red Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit +3
Red Deer Cervus elaphus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2024 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2024 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Mole Talpa europaea 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Myrmica ruginodis · Solomon's-seal Sawfly
Myrmica ruginodis Myrmica ruginodis Solomon's-seal Sawfly Phymatocera aterrima2023 Common Cow-wheat · Northern Marsh-orchid · Common Butterwort · Round-leaved Sundew · Heath Speedwell +18
Common Cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense2024 Northern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella2023 Common Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis2024 Heather Calluna vulgaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,664 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Blue Tit · Meadow Pipit · Chaffinch · Wren +38
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coal Tit Periparus ater Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Curlew Numenius arquata2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Common Gull Larus canus2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Goosander Mergus merganser2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2024 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2023 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Red Deer · Roe Deer · Red Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit +3
Red Deer Cervus elaphus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2024 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2024 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Mole Talpa europaea 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Myrmica ruginodis · Solomon's-seal Sawfly
Myrmica ruginodis Myrmica ruginodis Solomon's-seal Sawfly Phymatocera aterrima2023 Common Cow-wheat · Northern Marsh-orchid · Common Butterwort · Round-leaved Sundew · Heath Speedwell +18
Common Cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense2024 Northern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella2023 Common Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis2024 Heather Calluna vulgaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Bank Vole Myodes glareolus2023
Bank Vole Myodes glareolus2023
Mountain Hare Lepus timidus2023
Mountain Hare Lepus timidus2023 2024
2024
Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus2024
Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus2024
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2024
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2024
Melampyrum pratense subsp. pratense var. hians Melampyrum pratense subsp. pratense var. hians2024
Melampyrum pratense subsp. pratense var. hians Melampyrum pratense subsp. pratense var. hians2024
American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus2024
American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus2024
Garden Solomon's-seal Polygonatum multiflorum x odoratum = P. x hybridum2023
Garden Solomon's-seal Polygonatum multiflorum x odoratum = P. x hybridum2023
Harebell Campanula rotundifolia2023
Harebell Campanula rotundifolia2023
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2023
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2023
Common Wintergreen Pyrola minor2023
Common Wintergreen Pyrola minor2023
Creeping Forget-me-not Myosotis secunda2023
Creeping Forget-me-not Myosotis secunda2023
Bugle Ajuga reptans2023
Bugle Ajuga reptans2023
Heath Rush Juncus squarrosus2023
Heath Rush Juncus squarrosus2023
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis2023
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis2023
Common Yellow-sedge Carex demissa2023
Common Yellow-sedge Carex demissa2023
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile2023
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile2023
Coralroot Orchid Corallorhiza trifida2023
Coralroot Orchid Corallorhiza trifida2023
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum2023
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum2023
Tormentil Potentilla erecta2023
Tormentil Potentilla erecta2023 