Loch Michean, dun site
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
56.13014, -5.53903
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Yellowhammer
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Yellowhammer
- 🍄Mushroom 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Yellowhammer, Robin +36 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Yellowhammer, Robin +36 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Pectenia cyanoloma, Melanelixia fuliginosa, Ricasolia virens +182 more · last seen 2019
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Green-veined White +32 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Narrow-Leaved Eelgrass, Procumbent Pearlwort, Daisy +283 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Crinan CanalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 78National Cycle Network
Caledonia WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeLength 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route898 m▾
Named routeLength 898 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ardnoe Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,231 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,231 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Swallow · Hooded Crow +25
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2016
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2016
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2016
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2016
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Mole · Red Deer · Badger · Rabbit · Pine Marten +3
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Pine MartenMartes martes2023
- Roe Deer
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2024▾
Orange-tip · Meadow Brown · Small White · Common Heath · Four-spotted Chaser +11
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2020
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Common HeathEmaturga atomaria
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Shaggy Inkcap
- Shaggy InkcapCoprinus comatus
Narrow-Leaved Eelgrass · Early-purple Orchid · Climbing Corydalis · Rowan · Bluebell +39
- Narrow-Leaved EelgrassZostera marina2020
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
- Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata
- RowanSorbus aucuparia2022
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
- Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,231 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Swallow · Hooded Crow +25
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2016
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2016
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2016
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2016
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Mole · Red Deer · Badger · Rabbit · Pine Marten +3
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Pine MartenMartes martes2023
- Roe Deer
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2024▾
Orange-tip · Meadow Brown · Small White · Common Heath · Four-spotted Chaser +11
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2020
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Common HeathEmaturga atomaria
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Shaggy Inkcap
- Shaggy InkcapCoprinus comatus
Narrow-Leaved Eelgrass · Early-purple Orchid · Climbing Corydalis · Rowan · Bluebell +39
- Narrow-Leaved EelgrassZostera marina2020
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
- Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata
- RowanSorbus aucuparia2022
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
- Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Capreolus capreolus2021
Capreolus capreolus2021
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2020Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2020Common ShrewSorex araneus2020Common ShrewSorex araneus20202020
2020
Silver YAutographa gamma2018Silver YAutographa gamma2018Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2018Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2018Emperor MothSaturnia pavoniaEmperor MothSaturnia pavoniaPine WeevilHylobius abietis2022Pine WeevilHylobius abietis2022Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2022Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2022Oak EggarLasiocampa quercus2021Oak EggarLasiocampa quercus2021Speckled YellowPseudopanthera macularia2021Speckled YellowPseudopanthera macularia2021Cheilosia fraternaCheilosia fraterna2020Cheilosia fraternaCheilosia fraterna2020Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi20182022
2022
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2022Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2022HazelCorylus avellana2022HazelCorylus avellana2022Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022Goat WillowSalix caprea2022Goat WillowSalix caprea2022Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2022Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2022AlderAlnus glutinosa2022AlderAlnus glutinosa2022PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2022Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2022Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2022Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2022Sessile OakQuercus petraea2022Sessile OakQuercus petraea2022Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2022Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2022Wilson's Filmy-fernHymenophyllum wilsonii2022Wilson's Filmy-fernHymenophyllum wilsonii2022Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022Scots LovageLigusticum scoticum2022Scots LovageLigusticum scoticum2022Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2022Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2022PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2022PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2022Downy BirchBetula pubescens2022Downy BirchBetula pubescens2022Upland Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea alpina x lutetiana = C. x intermedia2022Upland Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea alpina x lutetiana = C. x intermedia2022Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2022Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2022Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2022Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2022HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2022Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2022SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2022Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022ThriftArmeria maritima2022ThriftArmeria maritima2022Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2022Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2022BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022PignutConopodium majus2022PignutConopodium majus2022RamsonsAllium ursinum2022RamsonsAllium ursinum2022BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2022MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2022Green LaverUlva2019Green LaverUlva2019AlgaAlgae2019AlgaAlgae2019encrusting algae indet.encrusting algae indet.2019encrusting algae indet.encrusting algae indet.2019