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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.10262, -3.80909
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Raven
- ✦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
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Raven
- ✦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 — Meadow Pipit, Raven, Peregrine +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Raven, Peregrine +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Heather, Tormentil, Hard-fern +157 more · last seen 2016
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Green-veined White, Small Heath, Meadow Brown +8 more · last seen 2022
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Mallrug, Mallryg · last seen 2011
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
John O'Groats Trail (Brora to Helmsdale)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG07Local walking route
Photos
Ruinous cottage at Carn nan Uaigh (The resting place)
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Wildlife to spot
1,692 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,692 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds13 species
winterspring
2025▾
Peregrine · Greenshank · Whimbrel · Woodpigeon · Song Thrush +8
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Scottish CrossbillLoxia scotica2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix2023
Field Digger Wasp
- Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis
Sweet Vernal-grass · Heath Rush · Wavy Hair-Grass · Tormentil · Heather +77
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,692 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds13 species
winterspring
2025▾
Peregrine · Greenshank · Whimbrel · Woodpigeon · Song Thrush +8
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Scottish CrossbillLoxia scotica2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix2023
Field Digger Wasp
- Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis
Sweet Vernal-grass · Heath Rush · Wavy Hair-Grass · Tormentil · Heather +77
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas