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Getting here
56.14242, -5.03656
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch 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
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch 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 — Chaffinch, Robin, Cuckoo +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Cuckoo +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Green-veined White +34 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Overleaf Pellia, Flat-topped Bog-moss +299 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Cladonia squamosa s. lat., Usnea dasopoga, Ramularia sphaeroidea · last seen 2016
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Loch Lomond and Cowal WayWalking route92 km▾
Named routeLength 92 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
Waterfall WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Photos
Forestry road, Beinn Lagan
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,474 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,474 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Cuckoo · Robin · Wren · Goldcrest +16
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Slow-worm
Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
White Earwort · Overleaf Pellia · Flat-topped Bog-moss · Isothecium myosuroides · Bifid Crestwort +97
- White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
- Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
- Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
- Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Little Shaggy-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,474 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Cuckoo · Robin · Wren · Goldcrest +16
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Slow-worm
Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
White Earwort · Overleaf Pellia · Flat-topped Bog-moss · Isothecium myosuroides · Bifid Crestwort +97
- White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
- Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
- Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
- Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Little Shaggy-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhytidiadelphus loreus
Rhytidiadelphus loreus
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatumWaved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatumBank HaircapPolytrichum formosumBank HaircapPolytrichum formosumCommon Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinumCommon Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinumCreeping FingerwortLepidozia reptansCreeping FingerwortLepidozia reptansTamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisciTamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisciPrickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosaPrickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosaForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataChalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscumChalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscumSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusRed-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2021Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2021Shady EarwortScapania umbrosa2021Shady EarwortScapania umbrosa2021Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus2021Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus2021Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.2021Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.2021Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare2021Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare2021Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2021Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2021Five-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefarium2021Five-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefarium2021Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2021Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2021Large White-mossLeucobryum glaucum2021Large White-mossLeucobryum glaucum2021Pearl PouncewortLejeunea patens2021Pearl PouncewortLejeunea patens2021Crisped NeckeraNeckera crispaCrisped NeckeraNeckera crispaGreater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioidesGreater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioidesWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansBlunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustreBlunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustreDwarf NeckeraNeckera pumilaDwarf NeckeraNeckera pumilaRedshankCeratodon purpureusRedshankCeratodon purpureusCypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiformeCypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiformeLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2021Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2021Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2021Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2021Water EarwortScapania undulata2021Water EarwortScapania undulata2021Western EarwortScapania gracilis2021Western EarwortScapania gracilis2021Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides2021Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides2021Mueller's PouchwortCalypogeia muelleriana2021Mueller's PouchwortCalypogeia muelleriana2021Notched RustwortMarsupella emarginata2021Notched RustwortMarsupella emarginata2021Spotty FeatherwortPlagiochila punctata2021Spotty FeatherwortPlagiochila punctata2021St Winifrid's MossChiloscyphus polyanthos2021St Winifrid's MossChiloscyphus polyanthos2021Maidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoides2021Maidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoides2021Rusty Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum plumosum2021Rusty Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum plumosum2021Pointed PouncewortHarpalejeunea molleri2021Pointed PouncewortHarpalejeunea molleri2021Sharp-leaved BlindiaBlindia acuta2021Sharp-leaved BlindiaBlindia acuta2021Larger Cut NotchwortTritomaria exsectiformis2021Larger Cut NotchwortTritomaria exsectiformis2021Curly Crisp-mossTrichostomum crispulum2021Curly Crisp-mossTrichostomum crispulum2021Narrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticum2021Narrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticum2021Sickle-leaved Hook-mossSanionia uncinata2021Sickle-leaved Hook-mossSanionia uncinata2021Girgensohn's Bog-mossSphagnum girgensohnii2021Girgensohn's Bog-mossSphagnum girgensohnii2021Forcipated PincerwortCephalozia connivens2021Forcipated PincerwortCephalozia connivens2021Short-beaked Wood-mossLoeskeobryum brevirostre2021Short-beaked Wood-mossLoeskeobryum brevirostre2021Orkney NotchwortAnastrepta orcadensis2021Orkney NotchwortAnastrepta orcadensis2021Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2021Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2021Killarney FeatherwortPlagiochila bifaria2021Killarney FeatherwortPlagiochila bifaria2021Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus2021Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus2021Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2021Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2021Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus2021Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus2021Ulota crispaUlota crispa2021Ulota crispaUlota crispa2021Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum2021Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum2021Pellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucida2021Pellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucida2021Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2021Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2021Heath FingerwortKurzia trichoclados2021Heath FingerwortKurzia trichoclados2021Bristly Swan-neck MossCampylopus atrovirens2021Bristly Swan-neck MossCampylopus atrovirens2021Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa2021Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa2021Trunk PawwortOrthocaulis attenuatus2021Trunk PawwortOrthocaulis attenuatus2021Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2021Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2021Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2021Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2021Ladder FlapwortNardia scalaris2021Ladder FlapwortNardia scalaris2021Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2021Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2021Greater Streak-mossRhabdoweisia crenulata2021Greater Streak-mossRhabdoweisia crenulata2021Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum2021Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum2021Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2021Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2021Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides2021Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides2021Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii2021Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii2021Wedge FlapwortLeptoscyphus cuneifolius2021Wedge FlapwortLeptoscyphus cuneifolius2021Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2021Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2021Autumn FlapwortSyzygiella autumnalis2021Autumn FlapwortSyzygiella autumnalis2021Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2021Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2021Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2021Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2021Western FeatherwortPlagiochila heterophylla2021Western FeatherwortPlagiochila heterophylla2021Whiskered VeilwortMetzgeria consanguinea2021Whiskered VeilwortMetzgeria consanguinea2021Taylor's FlapwortMylia taylorii2021Taylor's FlapwortMylia taylorii2021Beaked Bow-mossDicranodontium denudatum2021Beaked Bow-mossDicranodontium denudatum2021Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2021Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2021Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2021Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2021Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia2021Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia2021Greater WhipwortBazzania trilobata2021Greater WhipwortBazzania trilobata2021Red Bog-mossSphagnum capillifolium2021Red Bog-mossSphagnum capillifolium2021Scott's Fork-mossDicranum scottianum2021Scott's Fork-mossDicranum scottianum2021Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2021Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2021Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina2021Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina2021Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius2021Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius2021Chionoloma cylindrothecaChionoloma cylindrotheca2020Chionoloma cylindrothecaChionoloma cylindrotheca2020Deceptive FeatherwortPseudomarsupidium decipiens2020Deceptive FeatherwortPseudomarsupidium decipiens2020Handsome WoollywortTrichocolea tomentella2020Handsome WoollywortTrichocolea tomentella2020Claw Brook-mossHygrohypnella ochracea2020Claw Brook-mossHygrohypnella ochracea2020Dark-green FlapwortJungermannia atrovirens2020Dark-green FlapwortJungermannia atrovirens2020Hercynian HaircapOligotrichum hercynicum2020Hercynian HaircapOligotrichum hercynicum2020Thick-set EarwortScapania compacta2020Thick-set EarwortScapania compacta2020