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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Getting here
56.59733, -4.05263
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Jackdaw
- ✦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
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Jackdaw
- ✦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, Jackdaw, Pheasant +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Jackdaw, Pheasant +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Maidenhair Spleenwort, Bifid Crestwort, Neat Feather-moss +337 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Common Hawker, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Red Admiral +4 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Brown Mottlegill · last seen 2021
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rob Roy WayWalking route127 km▾
Long distance walk from Drymen on Loch Lomond to Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire.
Named routeLength 127 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
Taymouth TrailWalking route4.8 km▾
Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
River Tay WayWalking route▾
This is a newly proposed route.
Named routeLocal walking route
Black Rock TrailWalking route▾
Good wide paths, inclines up to 20%
Named routeLocal walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Yellow cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
River Tay Way Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Combining portions of NCN 7 and 77 to provide a route between Kenmore and Dundee, roughly following the course of the River Tay
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route278 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 278 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route251 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 251 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,115 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,115 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Spotted Flycatcher · Chaffinch +38
- SwiftApus apus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
🦌Mammals8 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Beaver · Pine Marten · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer +3
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Pine MartenMartes martes2024
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects4 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Orange Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Large Red Damselfly · Common Hawker
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2023
Maidenhair Spleenwort · Skullcap · Yellow-styled Hawkweed · Strict Hawkweed · Wall-rue +88
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
- Yellow-styled HawkweedHieracium lanceolatifolium2023
- Strict HawkweedHieracium strictiforme2023
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023
- YewTaxus baccata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,115 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Spotted Flycatcher · Chaffinch +38
- SwiftApus apus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
🦌Mammals8 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Beaver · Pine Marten · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer +3
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Pine MartenMartes martes2024
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects4 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Orange Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Large Red Damselfly · Common Hawker
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2023
Maidenhair Spleenwort · Skullcap · Yellow-styled Hawkweed · Strict Hawkweed · Wall-rue +88
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
- Yellow-styled HawkweedHieracium lanceolatifolium2023
- Strict HawkweedHieracium strictiforme2023
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023
- YewTaxus baccata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
BadgerMeles meles2024BadgerMeles meles2024MoleTalpa europaea2022MoleTalpa europaea20222023
2023
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2022ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2022Lyon's NotchwortTritomaria quinquedentata2021Lyon's NotchwortTritomaria quinquedentata2021Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides2021Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides2021Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2021Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2021Racomitrium heterostichumRacomitrium heterostichum2021Racomitrium heterostichumRacomitrium heterostichum2021Hairy ThreadwortBlepharostoma trichophyllum2021Hairy ThreadwortBlepharostoma trichophyllum2021Hill NotchwortBarbilophozia sudetica2021Hill NotchwortBarbilophozia sudetica2021Ladder FlapwortNardia scalaris2021Ladder FlapwortNardia scalaris2021Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2021Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2021Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens2021Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens2021Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2021Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2021Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides2021Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides2021Ostrich-plume Feather-mossPtilium crista-castrensis2021Ostrich-plume Feather-mossPtilium crista-castrensis2021Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2021Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2021Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum2021Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum2021Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2021Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2021Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides2021Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides2021Trunk PawwortOrthocaulis attenuatus2021Trunk PawwortOrthocaulis attenuatus2021Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2021Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2021Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2021Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2021Juicy Silk-mossPlagiothecium succulentum2021Juicy Silk-mossPlagiothecium succulentum2021Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2021Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2021Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides2021Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides2021River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2021River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2021Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina2021Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina2021Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2021Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2021Upright Screw-mossTortula subulata2021Upright Screw-mossTortula subulata2021Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2021Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2021Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare2021Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare2021Water EarwortScapania undulata2021Water EarwortScapania undulata2021Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2021Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2021Conocephalum salebrosumConocephalum salebrosum2021Conocephalum salebrosumConocephalum salebrosum2021Northern EarwortScapania subalpina2021Northern EarwortScapania subalpina2021Park Yoke-mossZygodon rupestris2021Park Yoke-mossZygodon rupestris2021Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2021Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2021Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica2021Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica2021Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2021Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2021Hatcher's PawwortBarbilophozia hatcheri2021Hatcher's PawwortBarbilophozia hatcheri2021Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2021Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2021Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum2021Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum2021Squirrel-tail MossLeucodon sciuroides2021Squirrel-tail MossLeucodon sciuroides2021Cliff ScalewortPorella cordaeana2021Cliff ScalewortPorella cordaeana2021Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci2021Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci2021Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis2021Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis2021Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus2021Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus2021Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2021Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2021Grove EarwortScapania nemorea2021Grove EarwortScapania nemorea2021Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2021Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2021Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2021Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2021Transparent Fork-mossDichodontium pellucidum2021Transparent Fork-mossDichodontium pellucidum2021Rose-mossRhodobryum roseum2021Rose-mossRhodobryum roseum2021Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius2021Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius2021Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum2021Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum2021Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2021Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2021Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum2021Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum2021Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.2021Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.2021Shaded Wood-mossHylocomiastrum umbratum2021Shaded Wood-mossHylocomiastrum umbratum2021Claw Brook-mossHygrohypnella ochracea2021Claw Brook-mossHygrohypnella ochracea2021Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2021Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2021Hampe's ThreadwortCephaloziella hampeana2021Hampe's ThreadwortCephaloziella hampeana2021Hartman's GrimmiaGrimmia hartmanii2021Hartman's GrimmiaGrimmia hartmanii2021Blue PouchwortCalypogeia azurea2021Blue PouchwortCalypogeia azurea2021Rusty Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum plumosum2021Rusty Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum plumosum2021Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2021Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2021Sharp-leaved BlindiaBlindia acuta2021Sharp-leaved BlindiaBlindia acuta2021Long-shanked PincushionPtychomitrium polyphyllum2021Long-shanked PincushionPtychomitrium polyphyllum2021Even ScalewortRadula complanata2021Even ScalewortRadula complanata2021Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2021Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2021White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans2021White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans2021Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2021Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2021Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2021Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2021Five-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefarium2021Five-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefarium2021Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2021Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2021Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus2021Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus2021Hercynian HaircapOligotrichum hercynicum2021Hercynian HaircapOligotrichum hercynicum2021Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2021Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2021Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2021Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2021Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans2021Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans2021Palmate GermanderwortRiccardia palmata2021Palmate GermanderwortRiccardia palmata2021Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia2021Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia2021Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum2021Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum2021Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2021Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2021Lyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii2021Lyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii2021Short-beaked Wood-mossLoeskeobryum brevirostre2021Short-beaked Wood-mossLoeskeobryum brevirostre2021Matchstick FlapwortOdontoschisma denudatum2021Matchstick FlapwortOdontoschisma denudatum2021Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum2021Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum2021