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Places › Scotland › Highlands and Islands › Argyll and Bute Getting here
55.88406, -5.28449
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Grey Heron, Robin, Wren +49 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Grey Heron, Robin, Wren +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Glow-worm, Limnephilus sparsus +45 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Glow-worm, Limnephilus sparsus +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Oak Moss, Netted Shield Lichen, Sticta fuliginosa s. lat. +3 more · last seen 2018; Fungi — Oak Moss, Netted Shield Lichen, Sticta fuliginosa s. lat. +3 more · last seen 2018
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🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Rubus lindleianus, Rubus polyanthemus, Rubus nemoralis · last seen 2023; Plants — Rubus lindleianus, Rubus polyanthemus, Rubus nemoralis · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Loch Lomond and Cowal Way Walking route 92 km ▾
Named route Length 92 km Point-to-point National walking route
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Route 94 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 94 Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref 5F Regional cycle route
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Black Darter
Black Darter
Sympetrum danae
Sympetrum danae
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus
Cionus tuberculosus Cionus tuberculosus
Cionus tuberculosus Cionus tuberculosus
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Leucozona lucorum Leucozona lucorum
Leucozona lucorum Leucozona lucorum
Green Dock Beetle Gastrophysa viridula
Green Dock Beetle Gastrophysa viridula
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae
Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis
Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2024
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2024
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis2024
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis2024
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2023
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2023
Small Birch Mining Sawfly Fenusa pumila2021
Small Birch Mining Sawfly Fenusa pumila2021
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae2021
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae2021
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris2021
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris2021
Dor Beetle Geotrupes2020
Dor Beetle Geotrupes2020
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Hemaris tityus2019
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Hemaris tityus2019
Pseudobrachypeza helvetica Pseudobrachypeza helvetica2018
Pseudobrachypeza helvetica Pseudobrachypeza helvetica2018
Limonia nubeculosa Limonia nubeculosa2018
Limonia nubeculosa Limonia nubeculosa2018
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2018
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2018
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2018
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2018
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2018
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2018
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2018
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2018
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2018
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2018
Chirosia grossicauda Chirosia grossicauda2018
Chirosia grossicauda Chirosia grossicauda2018
Tipula variicornis Tipula variicornis2018
Tipula variicornis Tipula variicornis2018
Great Diving Beetle Dytiscus marginalis2018
Great Diving Beetle Dytiscus marginalis2018
Mother Shipton Callistege mi2018
Mother Shipton Callistege mi2018
Common Lance Bactra lancealana2018
Common Lance Bactra lancealana2018
Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria2018
Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria2018
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2018
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2018
Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata2018
Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata2018
Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis2018
Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2018
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2018
Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi2018
Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi2018
Map-winged Swift Korscheltellus fusconebulosa2018
Map-winged Swift Korscheltellus fusconebulosa2018
Lesser Swallow Prominent Pheosia gnoma2018
Lesser Swallow Prominent Pheosia gnoma2018
Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella2018
Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella2018
Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata2018
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