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Loch Poll

280 ha

📷 Roger McLachlan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

BirdsWildlifeSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome280 ha

Getting here

58.22176, -5.23411

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Willow Warbler and Mallard
  • 🍄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

5 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Willow Warbler, Mallard, Stonechat +41 more · last seen 2025; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds

Free

Wildlife

Birds — Willow Warbler, Mallard, Stonechat +41 more · last seen 2025; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Tutsan, Jacobaea, Lesser / Wood Burdock +136 more · last seen 2019

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Phacidium lauri, Stream Beacon, Ramsbottomia crechqueraultii +4 more · last seen 2010

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Black Darter, Siphonoperla torrentium, Leuctra inermis +5 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Islands in Loch Poll

📷 Roger McLachlan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Islands in Loch Poll

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦An Dun, dun siteHistoric site4.7 km→💧Loch PollReservoir0 m→

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