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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
56.01332, -5.55867
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- ✦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
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- ✦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, Mute Swan, Wigeon +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Wigeon +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood +70 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Broad-leaved Pondweed, Purple Moor-grass, Common Sedge +279 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Alder Bracket · last seen 2024
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Caledonia WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ardnoe Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Lochan Buic Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
Balure Dun, under excavation
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Wildlife to spot
2,048 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,048 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Northern Diver · Common Gull
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- Common GullLarus canus
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Emerald Damselfly · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Alder Moth · Cinnabar · Phasia hemiptera +9
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Alder MothAcronicta alni
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
- Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera
- Antler MothCerapteryx graminis
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Narrow Buckler-fern · Smooth-stalked Sedge · Tufted Vetch · Cuckooflower · Red Campion +174
- Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
- Smooth-stalked SedgeCarex laevigata
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Slender RushJuncus tenuis
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,048 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Northern Diver · Common Gull
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- Common GullLarus canus
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Emerald Damselfly · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Alder Moth · Cinnabar · Phasia hemiptera +9
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Alder MothAcronicta alni
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
- Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera
- Antler MothCerapteryx graminis
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Narrow Buckler-fern · Smooth-stalked Sedge · Tufted Vetch · Cuckooflower · Red Campion +174
- Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
- Smooth-stalked SedgeCarex laevigata
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Slender RushJuncus tenuis
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas