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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
57.97527, -4.64058
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jay and Raven
- 🍄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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jay and Raven
- 🍄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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jay, Raven, Oystercatcher +56 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Jay, Raven, Oystercatcher +56 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Lopadium disciforme, Usnea subfloridana, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +29 more · last seen 2010
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark Green Fritillary, Pine Weevil, Meadow Brown +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — daffodils, Heather, Foxglove +168 more · last seen 2025
Free
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Great North Trail (Cape Wrath)
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cape Wrath Trail (Kinlochewe → Inchnadamph)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Northern Highlands)Mountain bike route166.4 km▾
Named routeLength 166.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Great North Trail (Cape Wrath)Mountain bike route133.3 km▾
Named routeLength 133.3 kmNational Cycle Network
Great North Trail (John o' Groats)Mountain bike route223.7 km▾
Named routeLength 223.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,838 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,838 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRaven · Jay · Merlin · Siskin · Coal Tit +12
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Common TernSterna hirundo2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2021
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2021
- GannetMorus bassanus2021
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua2021
- SanderlingCalidris alba2021
Common Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Carabus glabratus · Golden-ringed Dragonfly
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2024
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
- Carabus glabratusCarabus glabratus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
Tormentil · Bell Heather · Common Butterwort · Cross-leaved Heath · Germander Speedwell +135
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
- Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,838 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRaven · Jay · Merlin · Siskin · Coal Tit +12
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Common TernSterna hirundo2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2021
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2021
- GannetMorus bassanus2021
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua2021
- SanderlingCalidris alba2021
Common Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Carabus glabratus · Golden-ringed Dragonfly
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2024
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
- Carabus glabratusCarabus glabratus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
Tormentil · Bell Heather · Common Butterwort · Cross-leaved Heath · Germander Speedwell +135
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
- Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
