Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
55.99282, -4.96161
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Carrion Crow
- 🍄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
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Carrion Crow
- 🍄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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow, Mallard +73 more · last seen 2025; Nature reserve
Free
Nature reserve; Birds — Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow, Mallard +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Scarlet Elfcup, Coesyn Melfed, Birch Jelly +51 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Minettia longipennis, Black-horned Gem, Muscina prolapsa +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Five Ferries RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5FRegional cycle route
Photos
Muddy shore at the head of Holy Loch
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
19,177 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,177 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLittle Egret · Mallard · Canada Goose · Hooded Crow · Jackdaw +21
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WigeonMareca penelope
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Psychoda phalaenoides · Megaselia woodi · Linnavuoriana · Megaselia ciliata · Sciaridae +42
- Psychoda phalaenoidesPsychoda phalaenoides
- Megaselia woodiMegaselia woodi
- LinnavuorianaLinnavuoriana
- Megaselia ciliataMegaselia ciliata
- SciaridaeSciaridae
- Dicranomyia modestaDicranomyia modesta
- Bradysia placidaBradysia placida
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,177 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLittle Egret · Mallard · Canada Goose · Hooded Crow · Jackdaw +21
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WigeonMareca penelope
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Psychoda phalaenoides · Megaselia woodi · Linnavuoriana · Megaselia ciliata · Sciaridae +42
- Psychoda phalaenoidesPsychoda phalaenoides
- Megaselia woodiMegaselia woodi
- LinnavuorianaLinnavuoriana
- Megaselia ciliataMegaselia ciliata
- SciaridaeSciaridae
- Dicranomyia modestaDicranomyia modesta
- Bradysia placidaBradysia placida
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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