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✦Heritage🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.21927, -3.96937
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🦌1 species of mammals recorded in the area — Red Deer are among those seen
- ✦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
- 🦌1 species of mammals recorded in the area — Red Deer are among those seen
- ✦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
Mammals — Red Deer · last seen 2017
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Black Darter · last seen 2015
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (John o' Groats)Mountain bike route223.7 km▾
Named routeLength 223.7 kmNational Cycle Network
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Broch, Feranach, Sutherland
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
135 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
135 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRed Deer
Black Darter
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
Lousewort · Star Sedge · Trichophorum germanicum · Bell Heather · Round-leaved Sundew +30
- LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
- Star SedgeCarex echinata
- Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
- Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
135 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRed Deer
Black Darter
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
Lousewort · Star Sedge · Trichophorum germanicum · Bell Heather · Round-leaved Sundew +30
- LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
- Star SedgeCarex echinata
- Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
- Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Alternate Water-milfoilMyriophyllum alterniflorumAlternate Water-milfoilMyriophyllum alterniflorumPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaBog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragumBog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragumCommon SedgeCarex nigraCommon SedgeCarex nigraCommon CottongrassEriophorum angustifoliumCommon CottongrassEriophorum angustifoliumCommon Yellow-sedgeCarex demissaCommon Yellow-sedgeCarex demissaHare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatumHare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatumCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaMarsh VioletViola palustrisMarsh VioletViola palustrisCreeping WillowSalix repensCreeping WillowSalix repensFir ClubmossHuperzia selagoFir ClubmossHuperzia selagoCommon ButterwortPinguicula vulgarisCommon ButterwortPinguicula vulgarisGreat SundewDrosera anglicaGreat SundewDrosera anglicaHeath RushJuncus squarrosusHeath RushJuncus squarrosusTormentilPotentilla erectaTormentilPotentilla erectaCross-leaved HeathErica tetralixCross-leaved HeathErica tetralixGreen-ribbed SedgeCarex binervisGreen-ribbed SedgeCarex binervisBogbeanMenyanthes trifoliataBogbeanMenyanthes trifoliataHeath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifoliaHeath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifoliaWhite SedgeCarex canescensWhite SedgeCarex canescensBog-myrtleMyrica galeBog-myrtleMyrica galeCrowberryEmpetrum nigrum subsp. nigrumCrowberryEmpetrum nigrum subsp. nigrumDeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum2010DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum2010Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2010Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2010Soft-rushJuncus effusus2010Soft-rushJuncus effusus2010