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Fort George

27 ha

📷 Douglas Nelson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome27 ha

Getting here

57.58359, -4.07056

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞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
☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ 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
☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Common Gull +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Common Gull +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Cedarwood Waxcap, Macrolepiota excoriata · last seen 2025; Fungi — Cedarwood Waxcap, Macrolepiota excoriata · last seen 2025

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Sea-buckthorn, Japanese Rose, Yarrow +6 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Sea-buckthorn, Japanese Rose, Yarrow +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Oxythyrea funesta, Syrphus · last seen 2025; Insects — Oxythyrea funesta, Syrphus · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Cromarty alternativeCycling route

Named routeNational Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route268 m

Named routeRef 1Length 268 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route945 m

Named routeRef 1Length 945 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.5 km

Named routeRef 1Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.8 km

Named routeRef 1Length 3.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Learnie Red Rock TrailsMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

31,435 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

31,435 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumn

2025

Red-throated Diver · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Starling +35

Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
CurlewNumenius arquata
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
GannetMorus bassanus
Common GullLarus canus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RedshankTringa totanus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
DunnockPrunella modularis
WigeonMareca penelope
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Leach's PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
EiderSomateria mollissima

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Seal · Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Harbour Seal · Common Porpoise · Seals

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
SealsPinnipedia

🍄

Fungi2 species

autumn

2025

Macrolepiota excoriata · Cedarwood Waxcap

Macrolepiota excoriataMacrolepiota excoriata
Cedarwood WaxcapCuphophyllus russocoriaceus

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Sea-buckthorn

Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

31,435 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumn

2025

Red-throated Diver · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Starling +35

Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
CurlewNumenius arquata
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
GannetMorus bassanus
Common GullLarus canus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RedshankTringa totanus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
DunnockPrunella modularis
WigeonMareca penelope
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Leach's PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
EiderSomateria mollissima

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Seal · Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Harbour Seal · Common Porpoise · Seals

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
SealsPinnipedia

🍄

Fungi2 species

autumn

2025

Macrolepiota excoriata · Cedarwood Waxcap

Macrolepiota excoriataMacrolepiota excoriata
Cedarwood WaxcapCuphophyllus russocoriaceus

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Sea-buckthorn

Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Douglas Nelson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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