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Crannog

📷 Patrick Mackie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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56.06309, -5.35888

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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
🍄Mushroom 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

🌤️ Visiting this summer

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

Very strong match

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Parmotrema perlatum, Pannaria rubiginosa, Netted Shield Lichen +15 more · last seen 2020; Fungi — Parmotrema perlatum, Pannaria rubiginosa, Netted Shield Lichen +15 more · last seen 2020

Varies

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Swallow, Chaffinch, Blackbird +24 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Swallow, Chaffinch, Blackbird +24 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Green-veined White, Scotch Argus, Large Red Damselfly +12 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Green-veined White, Scotch Argus, Large Red Damselfly +12 more · last seen 2021

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Grass-of-Parnassus · last seen 2025; Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Grass-of-Parnassus · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

firetower trailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

202 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

202 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Buzzard · Swallow · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Song Thrush +24

BuzzardButeo buteo2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SiskinSpinus spinus
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
Great TitParus major2022
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
MagpiePica pica2022
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2021
GannetMorus bassanus2020
EiderSomateria mollissima2020
Coal TitPeriparus ater2019
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
RobinErithacus rubecula2019
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2019
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2017
Herring GullLarus argentatus2014

🦌

Mammals10 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Pine Marten · Harbour Seal +5

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2016
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
Pine MartenMartes martes2020
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2020
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2014
Red DeerCervus elaphus2012
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
OtterLutra lutra2020
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2018

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2014

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2021

Green-veined White · Scotch Argus · Large Red Damselfly · Peacock · Orange-tip +10

Green-veined WhitePieris napi2013
Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops2012
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2012
PeacockAglais io2012
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2015
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2013
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2012
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2012
Common HeathEmaturga atomaria2012
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2012
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2012
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2011
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2011
Nicrophorus vespilloidesNicrophorus vespilloides
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2013

🍄

Fungi18 species

winter

2020

Parmotrema perlatum · Pannaria rubiginosa · Ricasolia virens · Sticta sylvatica · Sticta fuliginosa s. lat. +13

Parmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatum
Pannaria rubiginosaPannaria rubiginosa
Ricasolia virensRicasolia virens
Sticta sylvaticaSticta sylvatica
Sticta fuliginosa s. lat.Sticta fuliginosa s. lat.
Sticta limbataSticta limbata
Sticta canariensisSticta canariensis
Peltigera collinaPeltigera collina
Hypotrachyna laevigataHypotrachyna laevigata
Sticta ciliataSticta ciliata
Lungwort LichenLobaria pulmonaria
Usnea dasopogaUsnea dasopoga
Normandina pulchellaNormandina pulchella
Lobarina scrobiculataLobarina scrobiculata
Platismatia glaucaPlatismatia glauca
Netted Shield LichenParmelia sulcata
Gyalolechia flavovirescensGyalolechia flavovirescens2012
Circinaria contortaCircinaria contorta2012

🌿

Plants2 species

springautumn

2025

American Skunk-cabbage · Grass-of-Parnassus

American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

202 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Buzzard · Swallow · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Song Thrush +24

BuzzardButeo buteo2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SiskinSpinus spinus
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
Great TitParus major2022
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
MagpiePica pica2022
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2021
GannetMorus bassanus2020
EiderSomateria mollissima2020
Coal TitPeriparus ater2019
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
RobinErithacus rubecula2019
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2019
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2017
Herring GullLarus argentatus2014

🦌

Mammals10 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Pine Marten · Harbour Seal +5

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2016
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
Pine MartenMartes martes2020
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2020
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2014
Red DeerCervus elaphus2012
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
OtterLutra lutra2020
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2018

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2014

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2021

Green-veined White · Scotch Argus · Large Red Damselfly · Peacock · Orange-tip +10

Green-veined WhitePieris napi2013
Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops2012
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2012
PeacockAglais io2012
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2015
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2013
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2012
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2012
Common HeathEmaturga atomaria2012
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2012
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2012
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2011
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2011
Nicrophorus vespilloidesNicrophorus vespilloides
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2013

🍄

Fungi18 species

winter

2020

Parmotrema perlatum · Pannaria rubiginosa · Ricasolia virens · Sticta sylvatica · Sticta fuliginosa s. lat. +13

Parmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatum
Pannaria rubiginosaPannaria rubiginosa
Ricasolia virensRicasolia virens
Sticta sylvaticaSticta sylvatica
Sticta fuliginosa s. lat.Sticta fuliginosa s. lat.
Sticta limbataSticta limbata
Sticta canariensisSticta canariensis
Peltigera collinaPeltigera collina
Hypotrachyna laevigataHypotrachyna laevigata
Sticta ciliataSticta ciliata
Lungwort LichenLobaria pulmonaria
Usnea dasopogaUsnea dasopoga
Normandina pulchellaNormandina pulchella
Lobarina scrobiculataLobarina scrobiculata
Platismatia glaucaPlatismatia glauca
Netted Shield LichenParmelia sulcata
Gyalolechia flavovirescensGyalolechia flavovirescens2012
Circinaria contortaCircinaria contorta2012

🌿

Plants2 species

springautumn

2025

American Skunk-cabbage · Grass-of-Parnassus

American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Patrick Mackie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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