Caisteal Torr, dun site
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🦅Birds🦋Insects🍂Seasonal
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Getting here
55.94452, -5.54770
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦20+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Jay
- ✦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
- 🐦20+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Jay
- ✦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 — Swallow, Jay, Song Thrush +17 more · last seen 2023
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Small Heath, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +62 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Creeping Bent, Silverweed, Marsh Pennywort +310 more · last seen 2017
Free
Birds — Swallow, Jay, Song Thrush +17 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Alder Bracket · last seen 2021
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Caledonia WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,407 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,407 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds6 species
autumnwinter
2023▾
Swallow · Jay · Song Thrush · Nuthatch · Great Spotted Woodpecker +1
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Common Hawker · Marmalade Hoverfly · Leucozona glaucia · Sciara hemerobioides · Common Furrow Bee +1
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2022
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Sciara hemerobioidesSciara hemerobioides
- Common Furrow BeeLasioglossum calceatum
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022
Pale Butterwort · Sweet Vernal-grass · Greater Plantain · Meadow Buttercup · Long-Stalked Yellow Sedge +136
- Pale ButterwortPinguicula lusitanica
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2022
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2022
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
- Long-Stalked Yellow SedgeCarex lepidocarpa2022
- Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,407 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds6 species
autumnwinter
2023▾
Swallow · Jay · Song Thrush · Nuthatch · Great Spotted Woodpecker +1
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Common Hawker · Marmalade Hoverfly · Leucozona glaucia · Sciara hemerobioides · Common Furrow Bee +1
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2022
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Sciara hemerobioidesSciara hemerobioides
- Common Furrow BeeLasioglossum calceatum
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022
Pale Butterwort · Sweet Vernal-grass · Greater Plantain · Meadow Buttercup · Long-Stalked Yellow Sedge +136
- Pale ButterwortPinguicula lusitanica
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2022
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2022
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
- Long-Stalked Yellow SedgeCarex lepidocarpa2022
- Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2022Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2022Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022Mat-grassNardus stricta2022Mat-grassNardus stricta2022Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2022Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2022Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2022Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2022Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022Bell HeatherErica cinerea2022Bell HeatherErica cinerea2022HeatherCalluna vulgaris2022HeatherCalluna vulgaris2022Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2022Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2022Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2022Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2022RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2022RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2022Eared WillowSalix aurita2022Eared WillowSalix aurita2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2022Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2022Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2022Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2022BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2022Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2022Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2022Downy BirchBetula pubescens2022Downy BirchBetula pubescens2022Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2022Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2022Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2022Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2022Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2022Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2022Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2022Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2022Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2022Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2022Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2022Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2022Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2022Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2022Parsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenaliiParsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenaliiWhorled CarawayTrocdaris verticillataWhorled CarawayTrocdaris verticillataBrookweedSamolus valerandiBrookweedSamolus valerandiNarrow-leaved Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza traunsteinerioidesNarrow-leaved Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza traunsteinerioidesCommon CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2022Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2022Wild ThymeThymus drucei2022Wild ThymeThymus drucei2022Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2022Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2022Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2022Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2022Marsh VioletViola palustris2022Marsh VioletViola palustris2022Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris2022Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris2022Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum2022Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum2022AllseedLinum radiola2022AllseedLinum radiola2022Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2022Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2022Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2022Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2022Bog PimpernelLysimachia tenella2022Bog PimpernelLysimachia tenella2022Northern BedstrawGalium boreale2022Northern BedstrawGalium boreale2022HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2022HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2022Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2022Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2022Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2022Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2022Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla2022Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla2022Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2022Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2022Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2022GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2022SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2022SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2022Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2022Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2022Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2022Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2022Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2022Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2022AlderAlnus glutinosa2022AlderAlnus glutinosa2022RowanSorbus aucuparia2022RowanSorbus aucuparia2022Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2022Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2022Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2022Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2022Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2022Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2022Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2022Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2022Star SedgeCarex echinata2022Star SedgeCarex echinata2022GorseUlex europaeus2022GorseUlex europaeus2022FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2022Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2022Slender RushJuncus tenuis2022Slender RushJuncus tenuis2022Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2022Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2022AspenPopulus tremula2022AspenPopulus tremula2022Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2022Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2022Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2022Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2022Common SallowSalix cinerea2022Common SallowSalix cinerea2022Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2022Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2022Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2022Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2022Brown BentAgrostis vinealis2022Brown BentAgrostis vinealis2022Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2022Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022TormentilPotentilla erecta2022TormentilPotentilla erecta2022Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2022Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2022Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2022Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2022Lodgepole PinePinus contorta2022Lodgepole PinePinus contorta2022SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2022Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2022Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2022Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2022Early Hair-grassAira praecox2022Early Hair-grassAira praecox2022Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2022Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2022DandelionTaraxacum2022DandelionTaraxacum2022Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2022Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2022BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2022Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2022Sessile OakQuercus petraea2022Sessile OakQuercus petraea2022BroomCytisus scoparius2022BroomCytisus scoparius2022Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2022Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2022Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022BrambleRubus fruticosus2022BrambleRubus fruticosus2022Few-flowered Spike-rushEleocharis quinqueflora2022Few-flowered Spike-rushEleocharis quinqueflora2022Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2022Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2022BugleAjuga reptans2022BugleAjuga reptans2022Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2022Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2022LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2022LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2022PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2022PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2022Agrostis caninaAgrostis canina2022Agrostis caninaAgrostis canina2022Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2022Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022Red CampionSilene dioica2022Red CampionSilene dioica2022Common SedgeCarex nigra2022Common SedgeCarex nigra2022EyebrightEuphrasia2022EyebrightEuphrasia2022Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2022Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2022HazelCorylus avellana2022HazelCorylus avellana2022Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata2022Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata2022Smooth-stalked SedgeCarex laevigata2022Smooth-stalked SedgeCarex laevigata2022Black Bog-rushSchoenus nigricans2022Black Bog-rushSchoenus nigricans2022PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2022Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2022Yellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides2022Yellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides2022Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2022Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2022Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2022Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2022Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2022Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2022Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2022Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2022Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2022Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2022DaisyBellis perennis2022DaisyBellis perennis2022BlinksMontia fontana2022BlinksMontia fontana2022