Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome
Getting here
56.06181, -4.99737
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goosander and Common Sandpiper
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goosander and Common Sandpiper
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Goosander, Common Sandpiper, Robin +35 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Goosander, Common Sandpiper, Robin +35 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Cladonia cenotea, Pertusaria leioplaca, Megalaria pulverea +18 more · last seen 2016
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Water Lobelia, Bulbous Rush, Shoreweed +126 more · last seen 2017
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Nemoura avicularis, Cinnabar · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Loch Lomond and Cowal WayWalking route92 km▾
Named routeLength 92 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
Laird's TrailWalking route3 km▾
Named routeLength 3 kmLocal walking route
Riverside TrailWalking route1 km▾
Named routeLength 1 kmLocal walking route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
711 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
711 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoosander · Common Sandpiper · Robin · Hooded Crow · Starling +18
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2020
- RobinErithacus rubecula2020
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2020
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2020
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Nemoura avicularis · Cinnabar
- Nemoura avicularisNemoura avicularis
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2021
Festuca rubra · Flea Sedge · Oak Fern · Procumbent Pearlwort · Water Avens +151
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
- Oak FernGymnocarpium dryopteris
- Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
- Water AvensGeum rivale
- Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
- ShoreweedLittorella uniflora
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
711 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoosander · Common Sandpiper · Robin · Hooded Crow · Starling +18
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2020
- RobinErithacus rubecula2020
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2020
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2020
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Nemoura avicularis · Cinnabar
- Nemoura avicularisNemoura avicularis
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2021
Festuca rubra · Flea Sedge · Oak Fern · Procumbent Pearlwort · Water Avens +151
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
- Oak FernGymnocarpium dryopteris
- Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
- Water AvensGeum rivale
- Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
- ShoreweedLittorella uniflora
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
