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High Croach

📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Eider and Herring Gull
✦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

🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Eider and Herring Gull
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Eider, Herring Gull, Red-breasted Merganser +92 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Eider, Herring Gull, Red-breasted Merganser +92 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee · last seen 2021; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee · last seen 2021

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Early Pampas-grass · last seen 2017; Plants — Early Pampas-grass · last seen 2017

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Loch Ryan Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

3,019 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,019 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Eider · Red-breasted Merganser · Cormorant · Black Guillemot · Shag +59

EiderSomateria mollissima
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GannetMorus bassanus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock DoveColumba livia
SwallowHirundo rustica
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
RazorbillAlca torda2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
MagpiePica pica2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2024

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Mammals4 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Bat · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
BatChiroptera
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,019 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Eider · Red-breasted Merganser · Cormorant · Black Guillemot · Shag +59

EiderSomateria mollissima
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GannetMorus bassanus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock DoveColumba livia
SwallowHirundo rustica
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
RazorbillAlca torda2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
MagpiePica pica2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Bat · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
BatChiroptera
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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