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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Oystercatcher
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Oystercatcher
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Grey Heron, Oystercatcher, House Sparrow +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Grey Heron, Oystercatcher, House Sparrow +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Winter Moth, Mottled Umber, November Moth agg. +120 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Winter Moth, Mottled Umber, November Moth agg. +120 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, encrusting algae indet. · last seen 2025; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, encrusting algae indet. · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Cape Wrath Trail (Glomach-Killian-Bendronaig)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Scotland TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

10,839 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,839 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds78 species

spring

2025

Grey Heron · Oystercatcher · House Sparrow · Herring Gull · Robin +73

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WigeonMareca penelope
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
CuckooCuculus canorus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
SiskinSpinus spinus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Common GullLarus canus
Great TitParus major
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
DunnockPrunella modularis
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
TealAnas crecca2022
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2022
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2021
RavenCorvus corax2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
Water RailRallus aquaticus2021
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2020
DipperCinclus cinclus2020
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2019
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2018

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Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Otter · Red Squirrel · Hedgehog · Wild Cat Hybrid · Harbour Seal +1

OtterLutra lutra2022
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
Wild Cat HybridFelis silvestris x catus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2022
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2017

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Fish8 species

winterautumn

2021

Pomatoschistus · Fries's Goby · Tub gurnard · Blue-fin Tuna · Poor Cod +3

PomatoschistusPomatoschistus2020
Fries's GobyLesueurigobius friesii
Tub gurnardChelidonichthys lucerna
Blue-fin TunaThunnus thynnus
Poor CodTrisopterus minutus
Black GobyGobius niger2020
PollachiusPollachius2020
Spotted DragonetCallionymus maculatus2020

🐝

Insects123 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Winter Moth · Mottled Umber · November Moth agg. · Dark Marbled Carpet · Red-green Carpet +118

Winter MothOperophtera brumata2017
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2018
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2016
Dark Marbled CarpetDysstroma citrata2018
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2017
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2018
Autumnal MothEpirrita autumnata2018
Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2017
December MothPoecilocampa populi2018
Autumn Green CarpetChloroclysta miata2018
Yellow-ringed CarpetEntephria flavicinctata2018
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2018
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2017
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2017
Pale November MothEpirrita christyi2018
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019
Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2018
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2018
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2018
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2018
Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2017
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2017
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2017
Northern Winter MothOperophtera fagata2016
Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2016
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2018
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2018
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2018
Dotted ClayXestia baja2018
Common White WaveCabera pusaria2018
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2018
EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia2018
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2017
Silver YAutographa gamma2016
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2016
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2018
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2018
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2018
Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2018
Triple-spotted ClayXestia ditrapezium2018
Common LutestringOchropacha duplaris2018
Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma2018
Green ArchesAnaplectoides prasina2018
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2018
Brown Silver-linePetrophora chlorosata2018
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi2018
Early Tooth-stripedTrichopteryx carpinata2018
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2017
Clouded-bordered BrindleApamea crenata2017
Grey ArchesPolia nebulosa2017
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2017
Spruce CarpetThera britannica2016
November MothEpirrita dilutata2016
Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2016
Minor Shoulder-knotBrachylomia viminalis2016
CrescentHelotropha leucostigma2016
Heath RusticXestia agathina2016
Grey ChiAntitype chi2016
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2016
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2016
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2016
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2016
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Phaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicae
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2023
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2023
CheilosiaCheilosia2023
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii2019
Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2019
Agromyza alnivoraAgromyza alnivora2019
Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2019
Dotted BorderAgriopis marginaria2018
Dun-barCosmia trapezina2018
Blue-bordered CarpetPlemyria rubiginata2018
Welsh WaveVenusia cambrica2018
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2018
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2018
May HighflyerHydriomena impluviata2018
Scalloped HazelOdontopera bidentata2018
Barred UmberPlagodis pulveraria2018
Clouded SilverLomographa temerata2018
Lunar ThornSelenia lunularia2018
Early ThornSelenia dentaria2018
Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta2018
Scarce ProminentOdontosia carmelita2018
Red ChestnutCerastis rubricosa2018
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica2018
BrickSunira circellaris2017
Haworth's MinorCelaena haworthii2017
SatelliteEupsilia transversa2017
Purple ClayDiarsia brunnea2017
Glaucous ShearsPapestra biren2017
Broom MothCeramica pisi2017
Tawny-barred AngleMacaria liturata2017
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2017
Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2017
Foxglove PugEupithecia pulchellata2017
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2017
SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2017
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2017
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2016
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2016
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2016
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2016
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2016
AnomalousStilbia anomala2016
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2016
Barred ChestnutDiarsia dahlii2016
ChevronEulithis testata2016
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2016
Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops2016
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2016
V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2016
Large EmeraldGeometra papilionaria2016
Ling PugEupithecia absinthiata2016
Gold SpangleAutographa bractea2016

🌿

Plants4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Japanese Knotweed · Bulrush · Shore Horsetail · encrusting algae indet.

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
BulrushTypha latifolia2024
Shore HorsetailEquisetum arvense x fluviatile = E. x litorale2018
encrusting algae indet.encrusting algae indet.2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,839 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds78 species

spring

2025

Grey Heron · Oystercatcher · House Sparrow · Herring Gull · Robin +73

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WigeonMareca penelope
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
CuckooCuculus canorus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
SiskinSpinus spinus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Common GullLarus canus
Great TitParus major
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
DunnockPrunella modularis
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
TealAnas crecca2022
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2022
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2021
RavenCorvus corax2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
Water RailRallus aquaticus2021
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2020
DipperCinclus cinclus2020
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2019
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2018

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Otter · Red Squirrel · Hedgehog · Wild Cat Hybrid · Harbour Seal +1

OtterLutra lutra2022
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
Wild Cat HybridFelis silvestris x catus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2022
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2017

🐟

Fish8 species

winterautumn

2021

Pomatoschistus · Fries's Goby · Tub gurnard · Blue-fin Tuna · Poor Cod +3

PomatoschistusPomatoschistus2020
Fries's GobyLesueurigobius friesii
Tub gurnardChelidonichthys lucerna
Blue-fin TunaThunnus thynnus
Poor CodTrisopterus minutus
Black GobyGobius niger2020
PollachiusPollachius2020
Spotted DragonetCallionymus maculatus2020

🐝

Insects123 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Winter Moth · Mottled Umber · November Moth agg. · Dark Marbled Carpet · Red-green Carpet +118

Winter MothOperophtera brumata2017
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2018
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2016
Dark Marbled CarpetDysstroma citrata2018
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2017
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2018
Autumnal MothEpirrita autumnata2018
Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2017
December MothPoecilocampa populi2018
Autumn Green CarpetChloroclysta miata2018
Yellow-ringed CarpetEntephria flavicinctata2018
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2018
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2017
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2017
Pale November MothEpirrita christyi2018
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019
Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2018
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2018
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2018
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2018
Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2017
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2017
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2017
Northern Winter MothOperophtera fagata2016
Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2016
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2018
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2018
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2018
Dotted ClayXestia baja2018
Common White WaveCabera pusaria2018
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2018
EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia2018
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2017
Silver YAutographa gamma2016
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2016
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2018
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2018
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2018
Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2018
Triple-spotted ClayXestia ditrapezium2018
Common LutestringOchropacha duplaris2018
Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma2018
Green ArchesAnaplectoides prasina2018
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2018
Brown Silver-linePetrophora chlorosata2018
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi2018
Early Tooth-stripedTrichopteryx carpinata2018
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2017
Clouded-bordered BrindleApamea crenata2017
Grey ArchesPolia nebulosa2017
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2017
Spruce CarpetThera britannica2016
November MothEpirrita dilutata2016
Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2016
Minor Shoulder-knotBrachylomia viminalis2016
CrescentHelotropha leucostigma2016
Heath RusticXestia agathina2016
Grey ChiAntitype chi2016
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2016
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2016
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2016
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2016
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Phaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicae
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2023
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2023
CheilosiaCheilosia2023
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii2019
Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2019
Agromyza alnivoraAgromyza alnivora2019
Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2019
Dotted BorderAgriopis marginaria2018
Dun-barCosmia trapezina2018
Blue-bordered CarpetPlemyria rubiginata2018
Welsh WaveVenusia cambrica2018
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2018
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2018
May HighflyerHydriomena impluviata2018
Scalloped HazelOdontopera bidentata2018
Barred UmberPlagodis pulveraria2018
Clouded SilverLomographa temerata2018
Lunar ThornSelenia lunularia2018
Early ThornSelenia dentaria2018
Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta2018
Scarce ProminentOdontosia carmelita2018
Red ChestnutCerastis rubricosa2018
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica2018
BrickSunira circellaris2017
Haworth's MinorCelaena haworthii2017
SatelliteEupsilia transversa2017
Purple ClayDiarsia brunnea2017
Glaucous ShearsPapestra biren2017
Broom MothCeramica pisi2017
Tawny-barred AngleMacaria liturata2017
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2017
Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2017
Foxglove PugEupithecia pulchellata2017
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2017
SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2017
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2017
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2016
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2016
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2016
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2016
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2016
AnomalousStilbia anomala2016
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2016
Barred ChestnutDiarsia dahlii2016
ChevronEulithis testata2016
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2016
Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops2016
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2016
V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2016
Large EmeraldGeometra papilionaria2016
Ling PugEupithecia absinthiata2016
Gold SpangleAutographa bractea2016

🌿

Plants4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Japanese Knotweed · Bulrush · Shore Horsetail · encrusting algae indet.

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
BulrushTypha latifolia2024
Shore HorsetailEquisetum arvense x fluviatile = E. x litorale2018
encrusting algae indet.encrusting algae indet.2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Andrew Hill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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