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Loch Gearach

17 ha

📷 Andrew Abbott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome17 ha

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55.75052, -6.42180

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Greylag Goose and Mallard
🌿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

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Greylag Goose and Mallard
🌿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

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Greylag Goose, Mallard, Hooded Crow +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Greylag Goose, Mallard, Hooded Crow +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Eared Willow, Jointed Rush, Sweet Vernal-grass +219 more · last seen 2015; Plants — Eared Willow, Jointed Rush, Sweet Vernal-grass +219 more · last seen 2015

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Meadowsweet, Common Nettle, Thyme-leaved Speedwell +15 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +35 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +35 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Thistle Rust, Brithdegyll Wyffurf · last seen 2024; Fungi — Thistle Rust, Brithdegyll Wyffurf · last seen 2024

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Loch Indaal WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Loch Indaal WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,740 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,740 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

summer

2025

Meadow Pipit · Goldfinch · Starling · Blackbird · Stonechat +58

Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CurlewNumenius arquata
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Common GullLarus canus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
RavenCorvus corax
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GannetMorus bassanus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Rock DoveColumba livia
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
WigeonMareca penelope2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common GuillemotUria aalge
DunlinCalidris alpina
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
RedshankTringa totanus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
JackdawColoeus monedula
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
RookCorvus frugilegus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common TernSterna hirundo
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
PuffinFratercula arctica
RazorbillAlca torda
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
TealAnas crecca2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2020

Red Deer

Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐝

Insects31 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Hawker · Four-spotted Chaser +26

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Black DarterSympetrum danae

🍄

Fungi1 species

summer

2024

Thistle Rust

Thistle RustPuccinia punctiformis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,740 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

summer

2025

Meadow Pipit · Goldfinch · Starling · Blackbird · Stonechat +58

Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CurlewNumenius arquata
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Common GullLarus canus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
RavenCorvus corax
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GannetMorus bassanus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Rock DoveColumba livia
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
WigeonMareca penelope2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common GuillemotUria aalge
DunlinCalidris alpina
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
RedshankTringa totanus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
JackdawColoeus monedula
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
RookCorvus frugilegus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common TernSterna hirundo
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
PuffinFratercula arctica
RazorbillAlca torda
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
TealAnas crecca2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2020

Red Deer

Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐝

Insects31 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Hawker · Four-spotted Chaser +26

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Black DarterSympetrum danae

🍄

Fungi1 species

summer

2024

Thistle Rust

Thistle RustPuccinia punctiformis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Andrew Abbott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦Dun Glas Loin Ghuirm, dun siteHistoric site600 m→✦Creag an TairbhHistoric site1.9 km→✦Rockside, An Dun, dun siteHistoric site3.9 km→💧Loch GearachReservoir0 m→⛪St Kiarans Kilchoman Parish ChurchReligious grounds3.1 km→✦GrimsayHistoric site900 m→

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