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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
56.15494, -5.54356
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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-breasted Merganser and Grey Heron
- 🍄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-breasted Merganser and Grey Heron
- 🍄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-breasted Merganser, Grey Heron, Willow Warbler +49 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Red-breasted Merganser, Grey Heron, Willow Warbler +49 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Ricasolia virens, Turkeytail, Hoof Fungus +164 more · last seen 2022
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Forester, Speckled Wood, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Narrow-Leaved Eelgrass, Rowan, Honeysuckle +174 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Caledonia WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route
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Eilean Righ from the mainland
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,368 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,368 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
springsummer
2024▾
Red-breasted Merganser · Grey Heron · Willow Warbler · Wren · Lesser Redpoll +19
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
Red Squirrel · Otter
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- OtterLutra lutra2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2020▾
Common Toad
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Sericomyia silentis · Small Heath +32
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2021
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2022
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2021
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2021
- Shore Sexton Beetle
Chicken Of The Woods · Razor Strop Fungus · Turkeytail · Hoof Fungus
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
- Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Hoof FungusFomes fomentarius
Narrow-Leaved Eelgrass · Bluebell · Rowan · Thrift · Early-purple Orchid +27
- Narrow-Leaved EelgrassZostera marina2020
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
- RowanSorbus aucuparia2022
- ThriftArmeria maritima2022
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,368 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
springsummer
2024▾
Red-breasted Merganser · Grey Heron · Willow Warbler · Wren · Lesser Redpoll +19
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
Red Squirrel · Otter
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- OtterLutra lutra2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2020▾
Common Toad
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Sericomyia silentis · Small Heath +32
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2021
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2022
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2021
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2021
- Shore Sexton Beetle
Chicken Of The Woods · Razor Strop Fungus · Turkeytail · Hoof Fungus
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
- Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Hoof FungusFomes fomentarius
Narrow-Leaved Eelgrass · Bluebell · Rowan · Thrift · Early-purple Orchid +27
- Narrow-Leaved EelgrassZostera marina2020
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
- RowanSorbus aucuparia2022
- ThriftArmeria maritima2022
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Necrodes littoralis2021
Necrodes littoralis2021
Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2020Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2020Common BluePolyommatus icarus2020Common BluePolyommatus icarus2020Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2020Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2020Southern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaTree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Scalloped HazelOdontopera bidentata2023Scalloped HazelOdontopera bidentata2023Pine WeevilHylobius abietis2022Pine WeevilHylobius abietis2022Chrysotoxum arcuatumChrysotoxum arcuatum2022Chrysotoxum arcuatumChrysotoxum arcuatum2022Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2022Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2022Skin MothMonopis laevigella2022Skin MothMonopis laevigella2022Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2022Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2022Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Banded ClubhornAbia fasciata2021Banded ClubhornAbia fasciata2021Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum2021Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum2021PeacockAglais io2021PeacockAglais io2021Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops2020Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops2020Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2020Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2020Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2020Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2020Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2020Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2020Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2020Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2020Xylota segnisXylota segnis2020Xylota segnisXylota segnis2020Silver YAutographa gamma2020Silver YAutographa gamma2020Parasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatus2020Parasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatus2020Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2020Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2020Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum2020Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum2020Green-veined WhitePieris napi2020Green-veined WhitePieris napi2020Painted LadyVanessa cardui2020Painted LadyVanessa cardui2020Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2020Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris20202022
2022
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2022BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2022HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2022Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2022Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022Downy BirchBetula pubescens2022Downy BirchBetula pubescens2022RaspberryRubus idaeus2022RaspberryRubus idaeus2022Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022BrambleRubus fruticosus2022BrambleRubus fruticosus2022SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2022Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2022Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2022Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2022Wild CherryPrunus avium2022Wild CherryPrunus avium2022Hedera helixHedera helix2022Hedera helixHedera helix2022Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2022Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022Red CampionSilene dioica2022Red CampionSilene dioica2022Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2022Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2022Scots LovageLigusticum scoticum2022Scots LovageLigusticum scoticum2022Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2022Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2022BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022CarrageenChondrus crispus2020CarrageenChondrus crispus2020Polyides rotundaPolyides rotunda2020Polyides rotundaPolyides rotunda2020Sea LettuceUlva fenestrata2020Sea LettuceUlva fenestrata2020