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Kiltarlity Church

📷 Peter Wood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

57.43816, -4.47938

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 205m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 205m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Swallow, Woodpigeon +44 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Swallow, Woodpigeon +44 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Bee Beetle, Cottonwool Gall, Anoplotrupes stercorosus +11 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Bee Beetle, Cottonwool Gall, Anoplotrupes stercorosus +11 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Honeysuckle Rash · last seen 2022; Fungi — Honeysuckle Rash · last seen 2022

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Lady's Bedstraw, Nootka Lupin, Stiff-leaved Dandelion +4 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Lady's Bedstraw, Nootka Lupin, Stiff-leaved Dandelion +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great Glen Way - Slighe a' Ghlinne MhòirWalking route120 km

A waymarked route (75 m/120 km) from Fort William (leaving behind Britain’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis) to Inverness, the Highlands capital. It follows a great geological fault and sections of Thomas Telford’s historic Caledonian Canal.

Named routeLength 120 kmNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

1,979 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,979 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

spring

2025

Blackbird · Swallow · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Goldfinch +42

BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Great TitParus major2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Common GullLarus canus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
SwiftApus apus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Feral Cat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Feral CatFelis catus2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2022

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects14 species

springsummer

2025

Bee Beetle · Cottonwool Gall · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Green Tiger Beetle · Greater Horntail Wasp +9

Bee BeetleTrichius fasciatus
Cottonwool GallAndricus quercusramuli
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2024
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2024
Trichius gallicusTrichius gallicus2023
Sandpit Mining BeeAndrena barbilabris2023
Vagabund ClusterflyPollenia vagabunda2022
Dolichovespula saxonicaDolichovespula saxonica2022
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2022
Slender Bodied Digger WaspCrabro cribrarius2022

🍄

Fungi1 species

summer

2022

Honeysuckle Rash

Honeysuckle RashLasiobotrys lonicerae

🌿

Plants7 species

summer

2025

Lady's Bedstraw · Nootka Lupin · Stiff-leaved Dandelion · Common Valerian · Giant Bellflower +2

Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024
Nootka LupinLupinus nootkatensis
Stiff-leaved DandelionTaraxacum stictophyllum
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024
Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,979 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

spring

2025

Blackbird · Swallow · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Goldfinch +42

BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Great TitParus major2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Common GullLarus canus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
SwiftApus apus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Feral Cat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Feral CatFelis catus2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2022

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects14 species

springsummer

2025

Bee Beetle · Cottonwool Gall · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Green Tiger Beetle · Greater Horntail Wasp +9

Bee BeetleTrichius fasciatus
Cottonwool GallAndricus quercusramuli
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2024
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2024
Trichius gallicusTrichius gallicus2023
Sandpit Mining BeeAndrena barbilabris2023
Vagabund ClusterflyPollenia vagabunda2022
Dolichovespula saxonicaDolichovespula saxonica2022
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2022
Slender Bodied Digger WaspCrabro cribrarius2022

🍄

Fungi1 species

summer

2022

Honeysuckle Rash

Honeysuckle RashLasiobotrys lonicerae

🌿

Plants7 species

summer

2025

Lady's Bedstraw · Nootka Lupin · Stiff-leaved Dandelion · Common Valerian · Giant Bellflower +2

Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024
Nootka LupinLupinus nootkatensis
Stiff-leaved DandelionTaraxacum stictophyllum
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024
Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Wood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Kiltarlity Church and part of the burial ground, Tomnacross

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🌱Italian GardensUrban park700 m→✦Kiltarlity Old Parish ChurchHistoric site3 km→✦Old Saw MillHistoric site3.1 km→✦Dun Fionn, dun siteHistoric site4.4 km→✦Beaufort CastleHistoric site1.8 km→✦Castle Spynie, BrochHistoric site3 km→

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