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Crannog

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📷 Trevor Littlewood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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57.74615, -5.62722

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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
✦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

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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Hooded Crow, Blackbird, House Martin +45 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Hooded Crow, Blackbird, House Martin +45 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Common Blue Damselfly +17 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Common Blue Damselfly +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Broom, Montbretia, Early Pampas-grass +1 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Broom, Montbretia, Early Pampas-grass +1 more · last seen 2017

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Flowerdale GlenWalking route4.8 km

Waymarked trail through pretty glen and waterfalls

Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Gairloch Harbour Beach Circular WalkWalking route

Easily followed path but with steps up and down over headland

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Tollie PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Circular RouteWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

461 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

461 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

summer

2025

Hooded Crow · Woodpigeon · Siskin · Robin · Chaffinch +44

Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2022
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
Common GullLarus canus2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
RavenCorvus corax
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
DunlinCalidris alpina2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2019
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2022
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors2019
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2017
DipperCinclus cinclus2016
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2013

🦌

Mammals2 species

spring

2017

Otter · Red Deer

OtterLutra lutra
Red DeerCervus elaphus2011

🦎

Reptiles1 species

springsummer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2016

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2025

Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Emerald Damselfly +15

Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Azure HawkerAeshna caerulea
Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops2019
Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2019
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2022
Leuctra fuscaLeuctra fusca2022
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2014
Emperor MothSaturnia pavonia2014
Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2010

🌿

Plants126 species

summer

2024

Forked Spleenwort · Himalayan Cotoneaster · Bell Heather · Lemon-scented Fern · Heath-grass +121

Forked SpleenwortAsplenium septentrionale2022
Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Yellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides
BroomCytisus scoparius2017
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Wilson's Filmy-fernHymenophyllum wilsonii
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
Eared WillowSalix aurita
Beech FernPhegopteris connectilis
Stone BrambleRubus saxatilis
Early Pampas-grassCortaderia richardii
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Black Bog-rushSchoenus nigricans
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
IvyHedera helix
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Mat-grassNardus stricta
Viviparous Sheep's-fescueFestuca vivipara
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Marsh ClubmossLycopodiella inundata2019
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2018
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2018
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2016
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2010
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
WoodruffGalium odoratum
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Dioecious SedgeCarex dioica
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana
Black CurrantRibes nigrum
English StonecropSedum anglicum
AshFraxinus excelsior
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Pale ButterwortPinguicula lusitanica
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
HollyIlex aquifolium
Lesser Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera bifolia
Water AvensGeum rivale
Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Lesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoides
Noble FirAbies procera
GorseUlex europaeus
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Common JuniperJuniperus communis subsp. communis
Few-flowered Spike-rushEleocharis quinqueflora
Creeping WillowSalix repens
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Entire-leaved CotoneasterCotoneaster integrifolius
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Glaucous Dog-RoseRosa vosagiaca
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Brown BentAgrostis vinealis
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum
EyebrightEuphrasia
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Common SedgeCarex nigra
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Red FescueFestuca rubra
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Western Red-cedarThuja plicata
DandelionTaraxacum
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Star SedgeCarex echinata
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Alpine Lady's-mantleAlchemilla alpina
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Oak FernGymnocarpium dryopteris2022
Sand SpurreySpergularia rubra2020
Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

461 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

summer

2025

Hooded Crow · Woodpigeon · Siskin · Robin · Chaffinch +44

Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2022
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
Common GullLarus canus2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
RavenCorvus corax
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
DunlinCalidris alpina2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2019
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2022
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors2019
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2017
DipperCinclus cinclus2016
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2013

🦌

Mammals2 species

spring

2017

Otter · Red Deer

OtterLutra lutra
Red DeerCervus elaphus2011

🦎

Reptiles1 species

springsummer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2016

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2025

Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Emerald Damselfly +15

Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Azure HawkerAeshna caerulea
Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops2019
Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2019
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2022
Leuctra fuscaLeuctra fusca2022
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2014
Emperor MothSaturnia pavonia2014
Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2010

🌿

Plants126 species

summer

2024

Forked Spleenwort · Himalayan Cotoneaster · Bell Heather · Lemon-scented Fern · Heath-grass +121

Forked SpleenwortAsplenium septentrionale2022
Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Yellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides
BroomCytisus scoparius2017
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Wilson's Filmy-fernHymenophyllum wilsonii
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
Eared WillowSalix aurita
Beech FernPhegopteris connectilis
Stone BrambleRubus saxatilis
Early Pampas-grassCortaderia richardii
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Black Bog-rushSchoenus nigricans
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
IvyHedera helix
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Mat-grassNardus stricta
Viviparous Sheep's-fescueFestuca vivipara
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Marsh ClubmossLycopodiella inundata2019
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2018
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2018
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2016
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2010
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
WoodruffGalium odoratum
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Dioecious SedgeCarex dioica
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana
Black CurrantRibes nigrum
English StonecropSedum anglicum
AshFraxinus excelsior
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Pale ButterwortPinguicula lusitanica
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
HollyIlex aquifolium
Lesser Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera bifolia
Water AvensGeum rivale
Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Lesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoides
Noble FirAbies procera
GorseUlex europaeus
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Common JuniperJuniperus communis subsp. communis
Few-flowered Spike-rushEleocharis quinqueflora
Creeping WillowSalix repens
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Entire-leaved CotoneasterCotoneaster integrifolius
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Glaucous Dog-RoseRosa vosagiaca
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Brown BentAgrostis vinealis
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum
EyebrightEuphrasia
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Common SedgeCarex nigra
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Red FescueFestuca rubra
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Western Red-cedarThuja plicata
DandelionTaraxacum
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Star SedgeCarex echinata
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Alpine Lady's-mantleAlchemilla alpina
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Oak FernGymnocarpium dryopteris2022
Sand SpurreySpergularia rubra2020
Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Trevor Littlewood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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