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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
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Getting here
57.41984, -4.67172
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Siskin
- 🍄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
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Siskin
- 🍄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 — Chaffinch, Siskin, Hooded Crow +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Siskin, Hooded Crow +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Ringed Tigress, Austrolimnophila ochracea, Small Square-spot +251 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood-sorrel, Great Wood-rush, Heath Bedstraw +143 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Erysiphe aquilegiae var. aquilegiae, Peppery Bolete, Ground Elder Rust +5 more · last seen 2022
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Northern Highlands)Mountain bike route166.4 km▾
Named routeLength 166.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,441 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,441 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · House Martin · Siskin · Bullfinch · Chaffinch +19
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Badger · Hedgehog · Red Deer · Feral Goat
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Feral GoatCapra hircus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Ringed Tigress · Platycheirus clypeatus · Austrolimnophila ochracea · Clover Sawfly · Cordilura pudica +103
- Ringed TigressAthalia circularis
- Platycheirus clypeatusPlatycheirus clypeatus
- Austrolimnophila ochraceaAustrolimnophila ochracea
- Clover SawflyTenthredo arcuata
- Cordilura pudicaCordilura pudica
- Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa
- Pale-legged Stem-sawfly
Wood-sorrel · Great Wood-rush · Norway Spruce · Wavy Hair-Grass · Wall Lettuce +13
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024
- Norway SprucePicea abies
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2024
- Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,441 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · House Martin · Siskin · Bullfinch · Chaffinch +19
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Badger · Hedgehog · Red Deer · Feral Goat
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Feral GoatCapra hircus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Ringed Tigress · Platycheirus clypeatus · Austrolimnophila ochracea · Clover Sawfly · Cordilura pudica +103
- Ringed TigressAthalia circularis
- Platycheirus clypeatusPlatycheirus clypeatus
- Austrolimnophila ochraceaAustrolimnophila ochracea
- Clover SawflyTenthredo arcuata
- Cordilura pudicaCordilura pudica
- Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa
- Pale-legged Stem-sawfly
Wood-sorrel · Great Wood-rush · Norway Spruce · Wavy Hair-Grass · Wall Lettuce +13
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024
- Norway SprucePicea abies
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2024
- Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Calameuta pallipes
Calameuta pallipes
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flavipennisGymnopternus celerGymnopternus celerGymnopternus celerGymnopternus celerBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaDelia lamellisetaDelia lamellisetaDelia lamellisetaDelia lamellisetaSuillia bicolorSuillia bicolorSuillia bicolorSuillia bicolorDelia coarctataDelia coarctataDelia coarctataDelia coarctataRhaphium crassipesRhaphium crassipesRhaphium crassipesRhaphium crassipesHilara nigrohirtaHilara nigrohirtaHilara nigrohirtaHilara nigrohirtaGymnopternus cupreusGymnopternus cupreusGymnopternus cupreusGymnopternus cupreusCampsicnemus scambusCampsicnemus scambusCampsicnemus scambusCampsicnemus scambusPhaonia erransPhaonia erransPhaonia erransPhaonia erransPhylidorea longicornisPhylidorea longicornisPhylidorea longicornisPhylidorea longicornisGymnopternus brevicornisGymnopternus brevicornisGymnopternus brevicornisGymnopternus brevicornisSympycnus pulicariusSympycnus pulicariusSympycnus pulicariusSympycnus pulicariusRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesAlder MandrelMonsoma pulveratumAlder MandrelMonsoma pulveratumPogonota barbataPogonota barbataPogonota barbataPogonota barbataAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaBlack-tailed WeeperDolerus junciBlack-tailed WeeperDolerus junciMolophilus obscurusMolophilus obscurusMolophilus obscurusMolophilus obscurusNeoascia tenurNeoascia tenurNeoascia tenurNeoascia tenurGarden ChaferPhyllopertha horticolaGarden ChaferPhyllopertha horticolaYellow-bellied NematineEuura hypoxanthaYellow-bellied NematineEuura hypoxanthaPhylidorea fulvonervosaPhylidorea fulvonervosaPhylidorea fulvonervosaPhylidorea fulvonervosaDicranophragma brunneumDicranophragma brunneumDicranophragma brunneumDicranophragma brunneumPlatypalpus luteusPlatypalpus luteusPlatypalpus luteusPlatypalpus luteusSphaerophoria philanthusSphaerophoria philanthusSphaerophoria philanthusSphaerophoria philanthusCantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucidaStein’s Alder-cutterNematinus steiniStein’s Alder-cutterNematinus steiniRose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpaRose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpaCalliopum aeneumCalliopum aeneumCalliopum aeneumCalliopum aeneumPlatycheirus europaeusPlatycheirus europaeusPlatycheirus europaeusPlatycheirus europaeusStriped Fern-sawflyStrongylogaster multifasciataStriped Fern-sawflyStrongylogaster multifasciataYellow-bellied Rush-cutterEutomostethus luteiventrisYellow-bellied Rush-cutterEutomostethus luteiventrisPrionocera turcicaPrionocera turcicaPrionocera turcicaPrionocera turcicaPilaria discicollisPilaria discicollisPilaria discicollisPilaria discicollisAntocha vitripennisAntocha vitripennisAntocha vitripennisAntocha vitripennisPavid Willow NematineEuura pavidaPavid Willow NematineEuura pavidaChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumChirosia histricinaChirosia histricinaChirosia histricinaChirosia histricinaSkullcap TigressAthalia 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nassataBee BeetleTrichius fasciatusBee BeetleTrichius fasciatusWandering Sedge NematineEuura vagaWandering Sedge NematineEuura vagaNeolimonia dumetorumNeolimonia dumetorumNeolimonia dumetorumNeolimonia dumetorumSiphonoperla torrentiumSiphonoperla torrentiumSiphonoperla torrentiumSiphonoperla torrentiumAnisotoma humeralisAnisotoma humeralisAnisotoma humeralisAnisotoma humeralis18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata202318-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata2023Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2023Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2023Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2023Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2023HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2024Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2024HarebellCampanula rotundifoliaHarebellCampanula rotundifoliaLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusHart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatumHart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatumSkullcapScutellaria galericulataSkullcapScutellaria galericulataBurnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifragaBurnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifragaNordstedt's DandelionTaraxacum nordstedtiiNordstedt's DandelionTaraxacum nordstedtiiGoat WillowSalix caprea2024Goat WillowSalix caprea2024Wild CherryPrunus avium2024Wild CherryPrunus avium2024Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024Northern DockRumex longifolius2024Northern DockRumex longifolius2024