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Coalashee, dun site

📷 John Ferguson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Herring Gull +70 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Herring Gull +70 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot, Deceiver, False Chanterelle +30 more · last seen 2023; Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot, Deceiver, False Chanterelle +30 more · last seen 2023

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Grayling, Green-veined White, Meadow Brown +48 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Grayling, Green-veined White, Meadow Brown +48 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Garlic Mustard, Beech, Perennial Sow-thistle +109 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Garlic Mustard, Beech, Perennial Sow-thistle +109 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Garlic Mustard, Beech, Autumn Hawkbit +16 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Kintyre WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

2,404 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,404 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Great Northern Diver · Herring Gull · Red-breasted Merganser · Great Black-backed Gull · Common Gull +50

Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
EiderSomateria mollissima
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RookCorvus frugilegus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2024
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Rock DoveColumba livia
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
GannetMorus bassanus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2022
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
RavenCorvus corax2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2022
RazorbillAlca torda2022
Common GuillemotUria aalge2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022

🦌

Mammals9 species

wintersummer

2025

Water Shrew · Rabbit · Beaver · Roe Deer · Bottle-nosed Dolphin +4

Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
BeaverCastor fiber2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus2023
Red Squirrel

🐝

Insects24 species

summer

2024

Grayling · Green-veined White · Small Copper · Heather (Girdled) Colletes · Common Blue +19

GraylingHipparchia semele2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023
Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus

🍄

Fungi1 species

winter

2023

Yellow Brain

Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica

🌿

Plants4 species

summer

2025

Dipsacus fullonum · Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Wall-rue

Dipsacus fullonumDipsacus fullonum
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,404 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Great Northern Diver · Herring Gull · Red-breasted Merganser · Great Black-backed Gull · Common Gull +50

Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
EiderSomateria mollissima
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RookCorvus frugilegus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2024
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Rock DoveColumba livia
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
GannetMorus bassanus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2022
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
RavenCorvus corax2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2022
RazorbillAlca torda2022
Common GuillemotUria aalge2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022

🦌

Mammals9 species

wintersummer

2025

Water Shrew · Rabbit · Beaver · Roe Deer · Bottle-nosed Dolphin +4

Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
BeaverCastor fiber2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus2023
Red Squirrel

🐝

Insects24 species

summer

2024

Grayling · Green-veined White · Small Copper · Heather (Girdled) Colletes · Common Blue +19

GraylingHipparchia semele2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023
Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus

🍄

Fungi1 species

winter

2023

Yellow Brain

Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica

🌿

Plants4 species

summer

2025

Dipsacus fullonum · Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Wall-rue

Dipsacus fullonumDipsacus fullonum
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Ferguson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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