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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
56.37421, -5.08484
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Crossbill and Robin
- 🍄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
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Crossbill and Robin
- 🍄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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Crossbill, Robin, Chaffinch +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Crossbill, Robin, Chaffinch +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Conifer Tuft, Torth Felen, Bleeding Broadleaf Crust +33 more · last seen 2019
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Green Tiger Beetle, Ringlet +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Selfheal, Devil's-bit Scabious, Alder +182 more · last seen 2022
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
St Conan Pilgrim WayWalking route118 km▾
Just over 100km of walking, mostly on road but with mountain pass of Glen Noe. Walking distance about 103 km
Named routeLength 118 kmLocal walking route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,586 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,586 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCrossbill · Cuckoo · Pied Wagtail · Blue Tit · Chaffinch +23
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- RobinErithacus rubecula2020
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- SwiftApus apus2020
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
- Great TitParus major2020
- RavenCorvus corax2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
- DipperCinclus cinclus2019
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Weasel · Mole · Badger
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- WeaselMustela nivalis2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- BadgerMeles meles2020
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Melanostoma · Orange-tip · Cicadella viridis · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +1
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- MelanostomaMelanostoma2024
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2022
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2020
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2020
- Rabdophaga marginemtorquens
Conifer Tuft · Common Stump Brittlestem · Twotone Funnel · Sticta sylvatica · Dyer's Mazegill +16
- Conifer TuftHypholoma capnoides
- Common Stump BrittlestemPsathyrella piluliformis
- Twotone FunnelClitocybe metachroa
- Sticta sylvaticaSticta sylvatica
- Dyer's MazegillPhaeolus schweinitzii
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
- Peltigera membranacea
🌿Plants79 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Devil's-bit Scabious · Shoreweed · Pedunculate Oak · Himalayan Knotweed · Slender Rush +74
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- ShoreweedLittorella uniflora2019
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019
- Himalayan KnotweedKoenigia polystachya2019
- Slender RushJuncus tenuis2019
- Common Nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,586 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCrossbill · Cuckoo · Pied Wagtail · Blue Tit · Chaffinch +23
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- RobinErithacus rubecula2020
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- SwiftApus apus2020
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
- Great TitParus major2020
- RavenCorvus corax2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
- DipperCinclus cinclus2019
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Weasel · Mole · Badger
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- WeaselMustela nivalis2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- BadgerMeles meles2020
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Melanostoma · Orange-tip · Cicadella viridis · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +1
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- MelanostomaMelanostoma2024
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2022
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2020
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2020
- Rabdophaga marginemtorquens
Conifer Tuft · Common Stump Brittlestem · Twotone Funnel · Sticta sylvatica · Dyer's Mazegill +16
- Conifer TuftHypholoma capnoides
- Common Stump BrittlestemPsathyrella piluliformis
- Twotone FunnelClitocybe metachroa
- Sticta sylvaticaSticta sylvatica
- Dyer's MazegillPhaeolus schweinitzii
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
- Peltigera membranacea
🌿Plants79 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Devil's-bit Scabious · Shoreweed · Pedunculate Oak · Himalayan Knotweed · Slender Rush +74
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- ShoreweedLittorella uniflora2019
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019
- Himalayan KnotweedKoenigia polystachya2019
- Slender RushJuncus tenuis2019
- Common Nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rabdophaga marginemtorquens2019
Rabdophaga marginemtorquens2019
Peltigera membranacea
Peltigera membranacea
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Urtica dioica2019
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declinata2019Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata2019BrackenPteridium aquilinum2019BrackenPteridium aquilinum2019Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2019Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2019BlinksMontia fontana2019BlinksMontia fontana2019Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2019Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2019Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2019Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2019Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2019Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2019Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2019Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2019Common SorrelRumex acetosa2019Common SorrelRumex acetosa2019Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2019Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2019Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2019Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica 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rivale2019BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2019BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2019Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2019Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2019Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2019Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2019Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2019Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2019Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2019Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2019Beech FernPhegopteris connectilis2019Beech FernPhegopteris connectilis2019