Plan your visit
🦅Birds🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
57.97415, -4.31573
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦20+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Skylark
- ✦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
- 🐦20+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Skylark
- ✦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 — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Red Grouse (scotica) +17 more · last seen 2018
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Heather, Trichophorum germanicum, Hare's-tail Cottongrass +99 more · last seen 2015
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Red Grouse (scotica) +17 more · last seen 2018
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Scotch Argus, Large Heath, Dark Green Fritillary +3 more · last seen 2017
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Balloan – Lairg Core PathWalking route▾
Named routeRef C16.07Local walking route
Gunns Wood Core PathWalking route▾
Named routeRef SU16.02Local walking route
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Wildlife to spot
859 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
859 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMeadow Pipit · Skylark · Red Grouse (scotica) · Raven · Common Gull +14
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- RavenCorvus corax
- Common GullLarus canus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- TealAnas crecca
- CurlewNumenius arquata
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2018▾
Red Deer · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Otter
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- OtterLutra lutra2017
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2017▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Scotch Argus · Dark Green Fritillary · Meadow Brown · Large Heath · Magpie Moth +1
- Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops
- Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large HeathCoenonympha tullia
- Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Trichophorum germanicum · Heather · Heath Rush · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Mat-grass +40
- Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
- Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
859 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMeadow Pipit · Skylark · Red Grouse (scotica) · Raven · Common Gull +14
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- RavenCorvus corax
- Common GullLarus canus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- TealAnas crecca
- CurlewNumenius arquata
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2018▾
Red Deer · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Otter
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- OtterLutra lutra2017
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2017▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Scotch Argus · Dark Green Fritillary · Meadow Brown · Large Heath · Magpie Moth +1
- Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops
- Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large HeathCoenonympha tullia
- Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Trichophorum germanicum · Heather · Heath Rush · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Mat-grass +40
- Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
- Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
