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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Getting here
58.22215, -5.34685
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Little Grebe
- ✦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
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Little Grebe
- ✦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 — Mallard, Little Grebe, Teal +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mallard, Little Grebe, Teal +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Yorkshire-fog, Viviparous Sheep's-fescue, Sweet Vernal-grass +85 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Rhyacophila dorsalis, Perlodes mortoni, Scathophaga stercoraria +4 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Old Man of Stoer TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RW 45Local walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,819 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,819 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Hooded Crow · Common Gull · Rock Dove · Pied Wagtail +18
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common GullLarus canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Rhyacophila dorsalis · Perlodes mortoni · Scathophaga stercoraria
- Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis
- Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
Common Dog-violet · Tormentil · Yorkshire-fog · Mat-grass · Viviparous Sheep's-fescue +67
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
- Viviparous Sheep's-fescueFestuca vivipara
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,819 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Hooded Crow · Common Gull · Rock Dove · Pied Wagtail +18
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common GullLarus canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Rhyacophila dorsalis · Perlodes mortoni · Scathophaga stercoraria
- Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis
- Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
Common Dog-violet · Tormentil · Yorkshire-fog · Mat-grass · Viviparous Sheep's-fescue +67
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
- Viviparous Sheep's-fescueFestuca vivipara
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
