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Loch Chliostair

69 ha

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome69 ha

Getting here

57.98656, -6.96016

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
  • 🌿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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Common Sandpiper +21 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Common Sandpiper +21 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Alpine Willowherb, Pirri-pirri-bur, Saxifragaceae +151 more · last seen 2020; Plants — Alpine Willowherb, Pirri-pirri-bur, Saxifragaceae +151 more · last seen 2020

Free

Foraging

Plants — Alpine Bistort, Faeroes Dandelion, Dandelion +8 more foraging species

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Sunburst Lichen, Puccinia arenariae, Puccinia hieracii +1 more · last seen 2020; Fungi — Sunburst Lichen, Puccinia arenariae, Puccinia hieracii +1 more · last seen 2020

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Black Darter +2 more · last seen 2018; Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Black Darter +2 more · last seen 2018

Free

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Pony path, Loch Chliostair

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Pony path, Loch Chliostair

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