Coill' Ach' a' Chùil Broch
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.31138, -4.29135
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Common Sandpiper and Meadow Pipit
- ✦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
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Common Sandpiper and Meadow Pipit
- ✦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 — Common Sandpiper, Meadow Pipit, Siskin +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Common Sandpiper, Meadow Pipit, Siskin +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Field Gentian, Wych Elm, Redshank +236 more · last seen 2017
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Common Blue, Taeniopteryx nebulosa, Lesser water-boatmen +4 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Hollow Bolete · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (John o' Groats)Mountain bike route223.7 km▾
Named routeLength 223.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
The Serenity of Loch Naver: A Tranquil Loch Overlooked by Beadaig
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
614 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
614 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Sandpiper · Meadow Pipit · Siskin · Swallow · Mistle Thrush +27
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2019
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2019
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2019
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2015
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2021
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2019
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- Common GullLarus canus2019
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2015
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2015
🐝Insects4 species
springautumn
2024▾
Taeniopteryx nebulosa · Lesser water-boatmen · Ceraclea annulicornis · Leptophlebia vespertina
- Taeniopteryx nebulosaTaeniopteryx nebulosa
- Lesser water-boatmenSigara (Subsigara) scotti
- Ceraclea annulicornisCeraclea annulicornis2023
- Leptophlebia vespertinaLeptophlebia vespertina2023
Hollow Bolete
- Hollow BoleteSuillus cavipes
Field Gentian · Wych Elm · Water-Starwort · False Oat-grass · Cat's-ear +129
- Field GentianGentianella campestris
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
- Water-StarwortCallitriche
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris
- Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
614 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Sandpiper · Meadow Pipit · Siskin · Swallow · Mistle Thrush +27
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2019
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2019
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2019
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2015
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2021
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2019
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- Common GullLarus canus2019
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2015
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2015
🐝Insects4 species
springautumn
2024▾
Taeniopteryx nebulosa · Lesser water-boatmen · Ceraclea annulicornis · Leptophlebia vespertina
- Taeniopteryx nebulosaTaeniopteryx nebulosa
- Lesser water-boatmenSigara (Subsigara) scotti
- Ceraclea annulicornisCeraclea annulicornis2023
- Leptophlebia vespertinaLeptophlebia vespertina2023
Hollow Bolete
- Hollow BoleteSuillus cavipes
Field Gentian · Wych Elm · Water-Starwort · False Oat-grass · Cat's-ear +129
- Field GentianGentianella campestris
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
- Water-StarwortCallitriche
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris
- Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas