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🦋Insects🍂Seasonal✦Heritage
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
56.05272, -5.62519
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐝27+ species of insects recorded here — summer is peak season; Common Darter and Large Red Damselfly are among those observed
- ✦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
- 🐝27+ species of insects recorded here — summer is peak season; Common Darter and Large Red Damselfly are among those observed
- ✦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
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Large Red Damselfly, Keeled Skimmer +24 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bracken, Rhododendron, Ribwort Plantain +109 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Rowan Crown, Dark Crottle, crotail rèin-fhèidh +2 more · last seen 2024
Varies
Amphibians — Common Toad · last seen 2023
Free
Birds — Wren · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Crinan CanalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 78National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeLength 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route898 m▾
Named routeLength 898 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ardnoe Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Lochan Buic Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,062 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,062 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
Common Darter · Large Red Damselfly · Keeled Skimmer · Speckled Wood · Scotch Argus +22
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2023
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023
Rowan Crown · Dark Crottle · crotail rèin-fhèidh · Sphaerophorus globosus · Parmelia saxatilis s. lat.
- Rowan CrownGymnosporangium cornutum
- Dark CrottleHypogymnia physodes
- crotail rèin-fhèidhCladonia portentosa2023
- Sphaerophorus globosusSphaerophorus globosus2023
- Parmelia saxatilis s. lat.Parmelia saxatilis s. lat.2023
Bracken · Rhododendron · Ribwort Plantain · Selfheal · Hard-fern +107
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,062 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
Common Darter · Large Red Damselfly · Keeled Skimmer · Speckled Wood · Scotch Argus +22
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2023
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023
Rowan Crown · Dark Crottle · crotail rèin-fhèidh · Sphaerophorus globosus · Parmelia saxatilis s. lat.
- Rowan CrownGymnosporangium cornutum
- Dark CrottleHypogymnia physodes
- crotail rèin-fhèidhCladonia portentosa2023
- Sphaerophorus globosusSphaerophorus globosus2023
- Parmelia saxatilis s. lat.Parmelia saxatilis s. lat.2023
Bracken · Rhododendron · Ribwort Plantain · Selfheal · Hard-fern +107
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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