Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
56.96679, -4.19514
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Red Grouse (scotica) and Lapwing
- 🍄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
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Red Grouse (scotica) and Lapwing
- 🍄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 — Red Grouse (scotica), Lapwing, Raven +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Red Grouse (scotica), Lapwing, Raven +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Hypogymnia tubulosa, Dark Crottle, Platismatia glauca +127 more · last seen 2016
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Green-veined White, Red Chestnut +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Mountain Pansy, Melancholy Thistle, Fairy Flax +187 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 7Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 7Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route8 km▾
Named routeRef 7Length 8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route527 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 527 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Events & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
Wildlife to spot
1,303 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,303 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Grouse (scotica) · Raven · Curlew · Lapwing · Common Gull +35
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- RavenCorvus corax
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2021
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2021
- GoosanderMergus merganser2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Rabbit · Mountain Hare · Red Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Mountain HareLepus timidus2023
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Tinodes
Harebell · White Clover · Common Sorrel · Heather · Broom +15
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,303 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Grouse (scotica) · Raven · Curlew · Lapwing · Common Gull +35
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- RavenCorvus corax
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2021
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2021
- GoosanderMergus merganser2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Rabbit · Mountain Hare · Red Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Mountain HareLepus timidus2023
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Tinodes
Harebell · White Clover · Common Sorrel · Heather · Broom +15
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
