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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome0 ha
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60.27146, -1.49714
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Greylag Goose, Teal +34 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wigeon, Greylag Goose, Teal +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cross-leaved Heath, Heather, Tormentil +33 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Cross-leaved Heath, Heather, Tormentil +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Collaster Loch and Northhouse LochWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Vementry PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pier to Pointataing CircularWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Loch of BrousterWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Lunga Water LochWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
816 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
816 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Teal · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Wigeon · Greylag Goose +7
- TealAnas crecca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RedshankTringa totanus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Cross-leaved Heath · Heather · Tormentil · Common Cottongrass · Crowberry agg. +30
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
- Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
816 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Teal · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Wigeon · Greylag Goose +7
- TealAnas crecca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RedshankTringa totanus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Cross-leaved Heath · Heather · Tormentil · Common Cottongrass · Crowberry agg. +30
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
- Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Heath RushJuncus squarrosusHeath RushJuncus squarrosusDeergrassTrichophorum cespitosumDeergrassTrichophorum cespitosumMat-grassNardus strictaMat-grassNardus strictaBog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragumBog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragumHeath Milkwort / Common MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia/vulgarisHeath Milkwort / Common MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia/vulgarisStar SedgeCarex echinataStar SedgeCarex echinataYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaBog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifoliusBog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifoliusPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensHeath Wood-rushLuzula multifloraHeath Wood-rushLuzula multifloraSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisHard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratusHard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratusCommon SedgeCarex nigraCommon SedgeCarex nigraGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisBell HeatherErica cinereaBell HeatherErica cinereaKnotted PearlwortSagina nodosaKnotted PearlwortSagina nodosaBuck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopusBuck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopusMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMarsh VioletViola palustrisMarsh VioletViola palustrisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisFlea SedgeCarex pulicarisFlea SedgeCarex pulicarisDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisEvents & activities nearby
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