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57.14382, -5.08863
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▾ 🌞 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 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
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🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bog-myrtle, Devil's-bit Scabious, Bell Heather +138 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler, Chaffinch +31 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler, Chaffinch +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Bilberry, Rowan, Hawkweed +10 more foraging species
Varies
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Podosphaera plantaginis, Naohidemyces vacciniorum, Plantain Mildew +2 more · last seen 2021; Fungi — Podosphaera plantaginis, Naohidemyces vacciniorum, Plantain Mildew +2 more · last seen 2021
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Oak Eggar, Rhagium bifasciatum, Large Red Damselfly +8 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Oak Eggar, Rhagium bifasciatum, Large Red Damselfly +8 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cape Wrath Trail (Fort William → Invergarry → Morvich) Walking route ▾
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Named route National walking route
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Wildlife to spot
556 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 556 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Meadow Pipit · Willow Warbler · Chaffinch · Cuckoo · Robin +29
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2021 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2019 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2024 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2021 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2019 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2019 Blackbird Turdus merula2019 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2019 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2018 Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid Corvus corone x cornix2018 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2017 Dunnock Prunella modularis2017 Greylag Goose Anser anser2017 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2016 Red Deer · Wild Boar
Red Deer Cervus elaphus Wild Boar Sus scrofa2017 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2022 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2021 🐝 Insects 10 species
spring summer
2023 ▾
Rhagium bifasciatum · Large Red Damselfly · Boletina trivittata · Synapha fasciata · Common Heath +5
Rhagium bifasciatum Rhagium bifasciatum Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2019 Boletina trivittata Boletina trivittata2019 Synapha fasciata Synapha fasciata2019 Common Heath Ematurga atomaria2017 Plantain Mildew · Ramularia rufibasis · Puccinia hieracii · Podosphaera plantaginis · Naohidemyces vacciniorum
Plantain Mildew Golovinomyces sordidus Ramularia rufibasis Ramularia rufibasis Puccinia hieracii Puccinia hieracii Podosphaera plantaginis Podosphaera plantaginis Naohidemyces vacciniorum Naohidemyces vacciniorum Bog-myrtle · Cross-leaved Heath · Devil's-bit Scabious · Bell Heather · Heather +59
Bog-myrtle Myrica gale Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2024 Bell Heather Erica cinerea2024 Heather Calluna vulgaris2024 Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 556 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Meadow Pipit · Willow Warbler · Chaffinch · Cuckoo · Robin +29
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2021 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2019 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2024 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2021 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2019 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2019 Blackbird Turdus merula2019 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2019 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2018 Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid Corvus corone x cornix2018 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2017 Dunnock Prunella modularis2017 Greylag Goose Anser anser2017 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2016 Red Deer · Wild Boar
Red Deer Cervus elaphus Wild Boar Sus scrofa2017 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2022 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2021 🐝 Insects 10 species
spring summer
2023 ▾
Rhagium bifasciatum · Large Red Damselfly · Boletina trivittata · Synapha fasciata · Common Heath +5
Rhagium bifasciatum Rhagium bifasciatum Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2019 Boletina trivittata Boletina trivittata2019 Synapha fasciata Synapha fasciata2019 Common Heath Ematurga atomaria2017 Plantain Mildew · Ramularia rufibasis · Puccinia hieracii · Podosphaera plantaginis · Naohidemyces vacciniorum
Plantain Mildew Golovinomyces sordidus Ramularia rufibasis Ramularia rufibasis Puccinia hieracii Puccinia hieracii Podosphaera plantaginis Podosphaera plantaginis Naohidemyces vacciniorum Naohidemyces vacciniorum Bog-myrtle · Cross-leaved Heath · Devil's-bit Scabious · Bell Heather · Heather +59
Bog-myrtle Myrica gale Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2024 Bell Heather Erica cinerea2024 Heather Calluna vulgaris2024 Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Scotch Argus
Scotch Argus
Erebia aethiops2015
Erebia aethiops2015
Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus2015
Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus2015
Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis2015
Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis2015
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2015
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2015
True Lover's Knot Lycophotia porphyrea2015
True Lover's Knot Lycophotia porphyrea2015 Common Cottongrass
Common Cottongrass
Eriophorum angustifolium
Eriophorum angustifolium
Bog Asphodel Narthecium ossifragum2024
Bog Asphodel Narthecium ossifragum2024
Soft-rush Juncus effusus2019
Soft-rush Juncus effusus2019
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2024
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2024
Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia2024
Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia2024
Woolly Fringe-moss Racomitrium lanuginosum2023
Woolly Fringe-moss Racomitrium lanuginosum2023
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2014
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2014
Dwarf Cornel Cornus suecica2014
Dwarf Cornel Cornus suecica2014
Wild Thyme Thymus drucei2014
Wild Thyme Thymus drucei2014
New Zealand Willowherb Epilobium brunnescens2014
New Zealand Willowherb Epilobium brunnescens2014
White Clover Trifolium repens2014
White Clover Trifolium repens2014
Great Sundew Drosera anglica2014
Great Sundew Drosera anglica2014
Dioecious Sedge Carex dioica2014
Dioecious Sedge Carex dioica2014
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2014
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2014
Flea Sedge Carex pulicaris2014
Flea Sedge Carex pulicaris2014
Downy Birch Betula pubescens2014
Downy Birch Betula pubescens2014
Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum2014
Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum2014
Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris2014
Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris2014
Eyebright Euphrasia2014
Eyebright Euphrasia2014
Marsh Willowherb Epilobium palustre2014
Marsh Willowherb Epilobium palustre2014
Few-flowered Sedge Carex pauciflora2014
Few-flowered Sedge Carex pauciflora2014
Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum2014
Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum2014
Common Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris2014
Common Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris2014
Bulbous Rush Juncus bulbosus2014
Bulbous Rush Juncus bulbosus2014
Creeping Soft-grass Holcus mollis2014
Creeping Soft-grass Holcus mollis2014
Dandelion Taraxacum2014
Dandelion Taraxacum2014
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2014
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2014
Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina procumbens2014
Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina procumbens2014
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2014
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2014
Hare's-tail Cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum2014
Hare's-tail Cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum2014
Festuca rubra Festuca rubra2014
Festuca rubra Festuca rubra2014
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2014
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2014
Mat-grass Nardus stricta2014
Mat-grass Nardus stricta2014
Stiff Sedge Carex bigelowii2014
Stiff Sedge Carex bigelowii2014
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2014
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2014
Hawkweed Hieracium2014
Hawkweed Hieracium2014
Eared Willow Salix aurita2014
Eared Willow Salix aurita2014
Fairy Flax Linum catharticum2014
Fairy Flax Linum catharticum2014
Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea2014
Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea2014
Early Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata2014
Early Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata2014
Toad Rush agg. Juncus bufonius2014
Toad Rush agg. Juncus bufonius2014
Tormentil Potentilla erecta2014
Tormentil Potentilla erecta2014
Slender St John's-wort Hypericum pulchrum2014
Slender St John's-wort Hypericum pulchrum2014
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa2014
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa2014
Wavy Hair-Grass Avenella flexuosa2014
Wavy Hair-Grass Avenella flexuosa2014
Alder Alnus glutinosa2014
Alder Alnus glutinosa2014
Spreading Meadow-grass Poa humilis2014
Spreading Meadow-grass Poa humilis2014
Slender Rush Juncus tenuis2014
Slender Rush Juncus tenuis2014
Bog Pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius2014
Bog Pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius2014
Gorse Ulex europaeus2014
Gorse Ulex europaeus2014
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2014
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2014
Greater Plantain Plantago major2014
Greater Plantain Plantago major2014
Viviparous Sheep's-fescue Festuca vivipara2014
Viviparous Sheep's-fescue Festuca vivipara2014
Trichophorum germanicum Trichophorum germanicum2014
Trichophorum germanicum Trichophorum germanicum2014
Pale Sedge Carex pallescens2014
Pale Sedge Carex pallescens2014
Stag's-horn Clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum2014
Stag's-horn Clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum2014
Tawny Sedge Carex hostiana2014
Tawny Sedge Carex hostiana2014
Hard-fern Blechnum spicant2014
Hard-fern Blechnum spicant2014 