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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Getting here
60.29777, -1.48667
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Whooper Swan and Goldeneye
- ✦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
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Whooper Swan and Goldeneye
- ✦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 — Whooper Swan, Goldeneye, Redwing +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Whooper Swan, Goldeneye, Redwing +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Heather, Tormentil, Cross-leaved Heath +23 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Heather, Tormentil, Cross-leaved Heath +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Painted Lady, Large White, Red Admiral · last seen 2019; Insects — Painted Lady, Large White, Red Admiral · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Collaster Loch and Northhouse LochWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Vementry PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Loch of BrousterWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Lunga Water LochWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
345 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
345 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Whooper Swan · Redwing · Goldeneye · Whimbrel · Brambling +25
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2023
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2021
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2021
- PintailAnas acuta2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- TealAnas crecca2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2021
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus2019
- Shetland WrenTroglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus2019
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2018
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Painted Lady · Large White · Red Admiral
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Tormentil · Heather · Cross-leaved Heath · Deergrass · Heath Rush +26
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
345 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Whooper Swan · Redwing · Goldeneye · Whimbrel · Brambling +25
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2023
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2021
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2021
- PintailAnas acuta2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- TealAnas crecca2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2021
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus2019
- Shetland WrenTroglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus2019
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2018
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Painted Lady · Large White · Red Admiral
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Tormentil · Heather · Cross-leaved Heath · Deergrass · Heath Rush +26
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
