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Getting here
56.09418, -4.55350
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Robin
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Robin, Blackbird +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Mallard, Robin, Blackbird +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Red-legged Shieldbug, Dasysyrphus albostriatus +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Skullcap, Heather, Devil's-bit Scabious +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
West Highland Way - altenativesWalking route▾
Named routeRef WW-aLocal walking route
West Highland Way (Drymen to Rowardennan)Walking route22.5 km▾
Named routeLength 22.5 kmNational walking route
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Wildlife to spot
6,243 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,243 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Chaffinch · Robin · Willow Warbler · Dunnock +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Syrphus · Dor Beetle · Eristalis pertinax +7
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Dor BeetleGeotrupes stercorarius
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae
🌿Plants19 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Skullcap · Devil's-bit Scabious · Common Cow-wheat · Holly · Greater Butterfly-orchid +14
- SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Greater Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera chlorantha
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,243 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Chaffinch · Robin · Willow Warbler · Dunnock +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Syrphus · Dor Beetle · Eristalis pertinax +7
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Dor BeetleGeotrupes stercorarius
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae
🌿Plants19 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Skullcap · Devil's-bit Scabious · Common Cow-wheat · Holly · Greater Butterfly-orchid +14
- SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Greater Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera chlorantha
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
