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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.02118, -3.93998
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Robin
- ✦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, Robin, Red-throated Diver +88 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Robin, Red-throated Diver +88 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Bilberry Bumblebee, Emerald Damselfly +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Heather, Bilberry, Grass +169 more · last seen 2017
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Beechmast Candlesnuff · last seen 2014
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Golspie - Ben BhraggieWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
John O'Groats Trail (Golspie to Brora)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG06Local walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wildcat Trails Black TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Wildcat Trails TreelineMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Wildcat Trails Red TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Wildcat Trails Black LynxMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Harbour Seal
Harbour Seal
Phoca vitulina2023
Phoca vitulina2023
2021
2021
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021Herb-Robert
Herb-Robert
Geranium robertianum
Geranium robertianum
HogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumSpreading Meadow-grassPoa humilisSpreading Meadow-grassPoa humilisTormentilPotentilla erectaTormentilPotentilla erectaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususRed FescueFestuca rubraRed FescueFestuca rubraRaspberryRubus idaeusRaspberryRubus idaeusSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumRowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisSitka SprucePicea sitchensisSitka SprucePicea sitchensisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masBilberryVaccinium myrtillusBilberryVaccinium myrtillusYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumHairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosaHairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosaCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysDowny BirchBetula pubescensDowny BirchBetula pubescensScots PinePinus sylvestrisScots PinePinus sylvestrisCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusHeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaHybrid OakQuercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosaceaHybrid OakQuercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosaceaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta