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57.25403, -4.48884
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Mallard, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Mallard, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Four-spotted Chaser, Large Red Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly +82 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Four-spotted Chaser, Large Red Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Broom, Common Nettle, Dog's Mercury +154 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Broom, Common Nettle, Dog's Mercury +154 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Rowan, Wood-sorrel +10 more foraging species
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great Glen Way - Slighe a' Ghlinne Mhòir Walking route 120 km ▾
A waymarked route (75 m/120 km) from Fort William (leaving behind Britain’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis) to Inverness, the Highlands capital. It follows a great geological fault and sections of Thomas Telford’s historic Caledonian Canal.
Named route Length 120 km National walking route
Show on map South Loch Ness Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Trail of the 7 Lochs Walking route 80 km ▾
Named route Ref T7L Length 80 km Regional walking route
Show on map Great Glen Way High Route Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Caledonia Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CW Regional cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
South Loch Ness Trail Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
3,318 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,318 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 30 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Great Tit · Robin · Pheasant · Chaffinch · Coal Tit +25
Great Tit Parus major2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Raven Corvus corax2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 Red Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Hedgehog · Red Deer · Roe Deer
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Red Deer Cervus elaphus2024 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2024 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Black Darter · Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +20
Black Darter Sympetrum danae Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica Common Hawker 🌿 Plants 34 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Broom · Round-leaved Sundew · Bracken · Heather · Bell Heather +29
Broom Cytisus scoparius Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia Bracken Pteridium aquilinum Heather Calluna vulgaris2024 Bell Heather Erica cinerea2024 Wood-sorrel Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,318 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 30 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Great Tit · Robin · Pheasant · Chaffinch · Coal Tit +25
Great Tit Parus major2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Raven Corvus corax2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 Red Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Hedgehog · Red Deer · Roe Deer
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Red Deer Cervus elaphus2024 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2024 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Black Darter · Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +20
Black Darter Sympetrum danae Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica Common Hawker 🌿 Plants 34 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Broom · Round-leaved Sundew · Bracken · Heather · Bell Heather +29
Broom Cytisus scoparius Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia Bracken Pteridium aquilinum Heather Calluna vulgaris2024 Bell Heather Erica cinerea2024 Wood-sorrel Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aeshna juncea
Aeshna juncea
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Northern Emerald Somatochlora arctica
Northern Emerald Somatochlora arctica
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2024
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2024
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2024
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2024
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella2024
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella2024
Anasimyia lineata Anasimyia lineata2024
Anasimyia lineata Anasimyia lineata2024
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis2024
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis2024
Small Fleck-winged Snipefly Rhagio lineola2024
Small Fleck-winged Snipefly Rhagio lineola2024
Cixiidae Cixiidae2024
Cixiidae Cixiidae2024
Apple Capsid Lygocoris (Lygocoris) rugicollis2024
Apple Capsid Lygocoris (Lygocoris) rugicollis2024
Cixius Cixius2024
Cixius Cixius2024
Denticollis linearis Denticollis linearis2024
Denticollis linearis Denticollis linearis2024
Water-Lily Reed Beetle Donacia crassipes2024
Water-Lily Reed Beetle Donacia crassipes2024
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2024
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2024 Oxalis acetosella
Oxalis acetosella
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata
Melancholy Thistle Cirsium heterophyllum
Melancholy Thistle Cirsium heterophyllum
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis
Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Yew Taxus baccata
Yew Taxus baccata
Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum
Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum2024
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum2024
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2024
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2024
Hazel Corylus avellana2024
Hazel Corylus avellana2024
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2024
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2024
Lesser Knotweed Koenigia campanulata2024
Lesser Knotweed Koenigia campanulata2024
Juniper Juniperus communis2024
Juniper Juniperus communis2024
Woodruff Galium odoratum2024
Woodruff Galium odoratum2024
Beech Fern Phegopteris connectilis2024
Beech Fern Phegopteris connectilis2024
Raspberry Rubus idaeus2024
Raspberry Rubus idaeus2024
Aspen Populus tremula2024
Aspen Populus tremula2024
Bottle Sedge Carex rostrata2024
Bottle Sedge Carex rostrata2024
Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix2024
Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix2024
Slender Sedge Carex lasiocarpa2024
Slender Sedge Carex lasiocarpa2024
Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata2024
Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata2024
White Sedge Carex canescens2024
White Sedge Carex canescens2024
White Water-lily Nymphaea alba2024
White Water-lily Nymphaea alba2024
Bog-myrtle Myrica gale2024
Bog-myrtle Myrica gale2024
Common Reed Phragmites australis2024
Common Reed Phragmites australis2024 