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Crannog

📷 Lesley Robertson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsInsects
Dogs welcome

Getting here

57.22524, -4.45139

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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
  • 🌿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

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Greylag Goose, Robin +31 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Greylag Goose, Robin +31 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Common Marbled Carpet, Dark Arches, Dotted Clay +165 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Common Marbled Carpet, Dark Arches, Dotted Clay +165 more · last seen 2023

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Black Currant, Rhododendron, Snowberry +144 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Black Currant, Rhododendron, Snowberry +144 more · last seen 2017

Free

Foraging

Plants — Black Currant, Meadowsweet, Hogweed +15 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Great Glen Way - Slighe a' Ghlinne MhòirWalking route120 km

A waymarked route (75 m/120 km) from Fort William (leaving behind Britain’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis) to Inverness, the Highlands capital. It follows a great geological fault and sections of Thomas Telford’s historic Caledonian Canal.

Named routeLength 120 kmNational walking route
South Loch Ness TrailWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Trail of the 7 LochsWalking route80 km
Named routeRef T7LLength 80 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Caledonia WayCycling route
Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
South Loch Ness TrailMountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Track between Migovie and Garthbeg

📷 Lesley Robertson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Track between Migovie and Garthbeg

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

⛪Catholic ChurchReligious grounds2.7 km→💧Loch MhòrReservoir3.4 km→⛪Foyers ChurchReligious grounds3.9 km→💧Loch MhòrReservoir1 km→💧Loch MhòrReservoir1 km→⛪Boleskine Parish ChurchReligious grounds1.5 km→

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