Free Church of Scotland Bracadale
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
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Getting here
57.29655, -6.34027
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Hooded Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Hooded Crow
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Oystercatcher, Hooded Crow, Grey Heron +94 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Oystercatcher, Hooded Crow, Grey Heron +94 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wild Angelica, Gorse, Devil's-bit Scabious +176 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Yellow Brain, Primrose Rust, Ramularia rubella +2 more · last seen 2021
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug, Green Nettle Weevil, Fever Fly +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Eynort LoopWalking route▾
Bealach BhreatailWalking route▾
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Bracadale Free Church, Carbost
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Wildlife to spot
2,016 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,016 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Swallow · Lapwing · Oystercatcher · Hooded Crow +40
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- TealAnas crecca
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- CorncrakeCrex crex2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2023
- KnotCalidris canutus2023
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- DunlinCalidris alpina2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2024
🐝Insects5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Green Nettle Weevil · Fever Fly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cheilosia illustrata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus
- Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2024
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023
Wild Angelica · Gorse · Devil's-bit Scabious · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Sneezewort +61
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
- GorseUlex
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
- Eared WillowSalix aurita
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,016 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Swallow · Lapwing · Oystercatcher · Hooded Crow +40
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- TealAnas crecca
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- CorncrakeCrex crex2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2023
- KnotCalidris canutus2023
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- DunlinCalidris alpina2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2024
🐝Insects5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Green Nettle Weevil · Fever Fly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cheilosia illustrata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus
- Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2024
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023
Wild Angelica · Gorse · Devil's-bit Scabious · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Sneezewort +61
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
- GorseUlex
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
- Eared WillowSalix aurita
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2025Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025AlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaMarsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025TormentilPotentilla erecta2025TormentilPotentilla erecta2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2025Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024Hollyberry CotoneasterCotoneaster bullatus2025Hollyberry CotoneasterCotoneaster bullatus2025Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2025Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2025Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2025Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2025Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025EyebrightEuphrasia2025EyebrightEuphrasia2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Bog-cottonEriophorum2025Bog-cottonEriophorum2025Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2025Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2025Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2025Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2025Wild ThymeThymus drucei2025Wild ThymeThymus drucei2025Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2025Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025St. John's-WortHypericum2025St. John's-WortHypericum2025BroomCytisus scoparius2025BroomCytisus scoparius2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2025Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2025Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris2025Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris2025Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2025Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Greater Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera chlorantha2025Greater Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera chlorantha2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2024Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2023Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2023Lesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoides2023Lesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoides2023BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023