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Creagan Fhamhair, Fort

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

57.69299, -5.65678

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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

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Grey Heron, Mallard, Herring Gull +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Grey Heron, Mallard, Herring Gull +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Hawker, Common Darter, Large Red Damselfly +63 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Hawker, Common Darter, Large Red Damselfly +63 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Nonesuch Daffodil, Broom, Bearberry +59 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Nonesuch Daffodil, Broom, Bearberry +59 more · last seen 2017

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Rhododendron Bristlebud, Hyponectria buxi, Beechmast Candlesnuff +1 more · last seen 2020; Fungi — Rhododendron Bristlebud, Hyponectria buxi, Beechmast Candlesnuff +1 more · last seen 2020

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 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

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

757 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

757 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

winter

2025

Mallard · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Hooded Crow +48

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RobinErithacus rubecula
Numenius arquata arquataNumenius arquata arquata
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo
EiderSomateria mollissima
CuckooCuculus canorus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
GoosanderMergus merganser
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
GannetMorus bassanus2023
RedshankTringa totanus2022
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Harbour Seal · Mountain Hare · Feral Cat

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Mountain HareLepus timidus
Feral CatFelis catus2024

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2025

Common Hawker · Common Darter · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Azure Hawker · Large Red Damselfly +8

Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022
Azure HawkerAeshna caerulea
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022
Black DarterSympetrum danae2022
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Casinaria albipalpisCasinaria albipalpis2024
Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2023
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

757 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

winter

2025

Mallard · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Hooded Crow +48

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RobinErithacus rubecula
Numenius arquata arquataNumenius arquata arquata
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo
EiderSomateria mollissima
CuckooCuculus canorus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
GoosanderMergus merganser
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
GannetMorus bassanus2023
RedshankTringa totanus2022
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Harbour Seal · Mountain Hare · Feral Cat

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Mountain HareLepus timidus
Feral CatFelis catus2024

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2025

Common Hawker · Common Darter · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Azure Hawker · Large Red Damselfly +8

Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022
Azure HawkerAeshna caerulea
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022
Black DarterSympetrum danae2022
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Casinaria albipalpisCasinaria albipalpis2024
Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2023
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Neil King · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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