Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.46574, -4.62098
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦35+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Skylark
- ✦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
- 🐦35+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Skylark
- ✦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 — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Cuckoo +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Cuckoo +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Broad-leaved Dock, Common Nettle, Flea Sedge +101 more · last seen 2017
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Fox Moth · last seen 2018
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Cape Wrath)Mountain bike route133.3 km▾
Named routeLength 133.3 kmNational Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
422 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
422 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Cuckoo · Golden Plover · Snipe +11
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2017
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2016
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2016
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2016
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2016
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Red Deer · Red Fox
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2018▾
Speckled Wood · Fox Moth
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2017
Star Sedge · Bog Asphodel · Downy Birch · Dandelion · Round-leaved Sundew +103
- Star SedgeCarex echinata
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
422 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Cuckoo · Golden Plover · Snipe +11
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2017
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2016
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2016
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2016
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2016
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Red Deer · Red Fox
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2018▾
Speckled Wood · Fox Moth
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2017
Star Sedge · Bog Asphodel · Downy Birch · Dandelion · Round-leaved Sundew +103
- Star SedgeCarex echinata
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
