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Loch na Meilich

28 ha

📷 Calum McRoberts · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsFungi
Free entryDogs welcome28 ha

Getting here

57.38394, -6.03810

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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
  • 🍄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

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 — Chaffinch, Meadow Pipit, Swallow +39 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Chaffinch, Meadow Pipit, Swallow +39 more · last seen 2024

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust, Mallrug, Mallryg, Coccomyces arctostaphyli +7 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust, Mallrug, Mallryg, Coccomyces arctostaphyli +7 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Heather, Viviparous Sheep's-fescue, Devil's-bit Scabious +373 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Heather, Viviparous Sheep's-fescue, Devil's-bit Scabious +373 more · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Plants — Hawkweed, Wild Thyme, Dandelion +20 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Magpie Moth, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Common Heath +39 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Magpie Moth, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Common Heath +39 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Ceum cladaich agus Orchard Wood / Coastal Path and Orchard WoodWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Ceum nan Eilthireach / Emigrants' WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Temptation Hill agus Dùn Bhorghadail / Temptation Hill and Dun BorodaleWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Rathad Bhurma agus Slighe nam Mèinnearan / Burma Road and Miners' TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Tro a' Choille Mhòir / Through the Big WoodWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Loch na Meilich, Raasay

📷 Calum McRoberts · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Loch na Meilich, Raasay

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Raasay Walled GardenUrban park4.1 km→✦St Maol-luag's ChapelHistoric site4.1 km→✦Raasay Pictish StoneHistoric site4.1 km→✦Uamh nan Ramh souterrainHistoric site4.2 km→✦Dùn Bhorghadail, BrochHistoric site4 km→💧Loch na MeilichReservoir0 m→

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