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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
57.19799, -5.90942
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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 Blackbird and Herring Gull
- ✦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 Blackbird and Herring Gull
- ✦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 — Blackbird, Herring Gull, Robin +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Herring Gull, Robin +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Hieroglyphic Ladybird, Dark Giant Horsefly, Magpie Moth +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Least Stonewort, Wood Anemone, Broad-leaved Pondweed +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Myriosclerotinia scirpicola · last seen 2018
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Skye Trail - Stage 7Walking route20 km▾
Named routeLength 20 kmRegional walking route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,462 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,462 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspring
2025▾
Rock Dove · Song Thrush · Wren · Robin · House Sparrow +48
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Common GullLarus canus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RavenCorvus corax
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Dark Giant Horsefly
- Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus
🌿Plants28 species
springautumn
2025▾
Least Stonewort · Broad-leaved Pondweed · Wood Anemone · Bogbean · Least Bur-reed +23
- Least StonewortNitella confervacea
- Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024
- BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
- Least Bur-reedSparganium natans
- LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,462 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspring
2025▾
Rock Dove · Song Thrush · Wren · Robin · House Sparrow +48
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Common GullLarus canus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RavenCorvus corax
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Dark Giant Horsefly
- Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus
🌿Plants28 species
springautumn
2025▾
Least Stonewort · Broad-leaved Pondweed · Wood Anemone · Bogbean · Least Bur-reed +23
- Least StonewortNitella confervacea
- Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024
- BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
- Least Bur-reedSparganium natans
- LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
