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Castle Craig, Broch

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Coal Tit
✦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

🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Coal Tit
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit +94 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit +94 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Peacock, Orange-tip, Green-veined White +3 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Peacock, Orange-tip, Green-veined White +3 more · last seen 2019

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Tormentil +10 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Tormentil +10 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Saints WayWalking route130 km

Three Saints Way – Killin to St Andrews. The lives of three saints – Saint Kessog, Saint Fillan and Saint Serf – are commemorated by this pilgrimage, connecting Scotland’s dramatic west coast to the rocks and hills of the east.

Named routeRef TSWLength 130 kmRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

1,514 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,514 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds99 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird +94

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula
Common GullLarus canus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SwallowHirundo rustica
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WhitethroatCurruca communis
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
RavenCorvus corax2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
MagpiePica pica2022
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TealAnas crecca2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
SwiftApus apus2022
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2021
CurlewNumenius arquata2021
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
Willow GrouseLagopus lagopus2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
CootFulica atra
GadwallMareca strepera
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
Great White EgretArdea alba2022
Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
Apus apus apusApus apus apus2022
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2022
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2022
Common TernSterna hirundo2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
RedpollAcanthis flammea2022
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2021
RedshankTringa totanus2021
Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
DipperCinclus cinclus2019
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2019

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Mammals12 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Red Squirrel · Beaver · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer +7

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
BeaverCastor fiber2021
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
StoatMustela erminea2024
OtterLutra lutra2022
WeaselMustela nivalis2021
BatChiroptera2020
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2019
American MinkNeovison vison2018

🐝

Insects6 species

spring

2019

Small Tortoiseshell · Green-veined White · Peacock · Orange-tip · Humming-bird Hawk-moth +1

Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
PeacockAglais io
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2018
Northern Brown ArgusAricia artaxerxes2018

🌿

Plants30 species

spring

2024

Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Climbing Corydalis · Wood-sorrel · Sitka Spruce +25

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
LarchLarix
HollyIlex aquifolium
HazelCorylus avellana
Parsley FernCryptogramma crispa
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2020
TormentilPotentilla erecta2020
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2020
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2020
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2020
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2020
AshFraxinus excelsior2020
Monkeyflower SpeciesErythranthe2020
BeechFagus sylvatica2020
Leopard's-baneDoronicum pardalianches2020
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,514 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds99 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird +94

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula
Common GullLarus canus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SwallowHirundo rustica
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WhitethroatCurruca communis
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
RavenCorvus corax2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
MagpiePica pica2022
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TealAnas crecca2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
SwiftApus apus2022
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2021
CurlewNumenius arquata2021
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
Willow GrouseLagopus lagopus2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
CootFulica atra
GadwallMareca strepera
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
Great White EgretArdea alba2022
Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
Apus apus apusApus apus apus2022
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2022
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2022
Common TernSterna hirundo2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
RedpollAcanthis flammea2022
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2021
RedshankTringa totanus2021
Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
DipperCinclus cinclus2019
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2019

🦌

Mammals12 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Red Squirrel · Beaver · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer +7

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
BeaverCastor fiber2021
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
StoatMustela erminea2024
OtterLutra lutra2022
WeaselMustela nivalis2021
BatChiroptera2020
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2019
American MinkNeovison vison2018

🐝

Insects6 species

spring

2019

Small Tortoiseshell · Green-veined White · Peacock · Orange-tip · Humming-bird Hawk-moth +1

Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
PeacockAglais io
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2018
Northern Brown ArgusAricia artaxerxes2018

🌿

Plants30 species

spring

2024

Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Climbing Corydalis · Wood-sorrel · Sitka Spruce +25

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
LarchLarix
HollyIlex aquifolium
HazelCorylus avellana
Parsley FernCryptogramma crispa
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2020
TormentilPotentilla erecta2020
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2020
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2020
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2020
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2020
AshFraxinus excelsior2020
Monkeyflower SpeciesErythranthe2020
BeechFagus sylvatica2020
Leopard's-baneDoronicum pardalianches2020
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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