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Hutcheson's Monument

📷 Scott Cormie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

56.42235, -5.49615

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black Guillemot, Hooded Crow, Herring Gull +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black Guillemot, Hooded Crow, Herring Gull +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Hawthorn Shieldbug, Red-legged Shieldbug +5 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Hawthorn Shieldbug, Red-legged Shieldbug +5 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Tutsan Rust · last seen 2025; Fungi — Tutsan Rust · last seen 2025

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

St Conan Pilgrim WayWalking route118 km

Just over 100km of walking, mostly on road but with mountain pass of Glen Noe. Walking distance about 103 km

Named routeLength 118 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 78Cycling route

NCN National Route 78 (south)

Named routeRef 78National Cycle Network

Oban to DunbegCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Caledonia WayCycling route

Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route

Alternative RouteCycling route401 m

Named routeRef 78Length 401 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Alternative RouteCycling route591 m

Named routeRef 78Length 591 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Alternative RouteCycling route69 m

Named routeRef 78Length 69 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

13,069 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,069 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumn

2026

Turnstone · Grey Heron · Black Guillemot · Hooded Crow · Shag +47

TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025

🦌

Mammals7 species

autumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Field Vole · Brown Rat +2

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects2 species

springautumn

2026

Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Hawthorn Shieldbug

Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,069 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumn

2026

Turnstone · Grey Heron · Black Guillemot · Hooded Crow · Shag +47

TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025

🦌

Mammals7 species

autumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Field Vole · Brown Rat +2

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects2 species

springautumn

2026

Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Hawthorn Shieldbug

Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Scott Cormie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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