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Loch Treig

3,078 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome3,078 ha

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56.80960, -4.73229

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
🌿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

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
🌿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

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Alder, Dioecious Sedge +109 more · last seen 2010

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Dandelion, Marsh Hawk's-beard, Rowan +15 more foraging species

Varies

Wildlife

Strong match

Ancient woodland; Birds — Song Thrush, Dunnock, Lesser Redpoll +7 more · last seen 2022

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Song Thrush, Dunnock, Lesser Redpoll +7 more · last seen 2022; Birds — Song Thrush, Dunnock, Lesser Redpoll +7 more · last seen 2022

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Small Heath, Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary +2 more · last seen 2010; Insects — Small Heath, Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary +2 more · last seen 2010

Free

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route

Named route

Great North Trail (Grampian Mountains)Mountain bike route261.2 km

Named routeLength 261.2 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

580 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

580 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants137 species

summer

2022

Melancholy Thistle · Wood Crane's-bill · Heath Fragrant-orchid · New Zealand Willowherb · Northern Bedstraw +132

Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum
Heath Fragrant-orchidGymnadenia borealis
New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens
Northern BedstrawGalium boreale
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Lesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoides
EyebrightEuphrasia
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
BugleAjuga reptans
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
Scottish AsphodelTofieldia pusilla
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Alpine BistortBistorta vivipara
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Creeping WillowSalix repens
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Rosa mollisRosa mollis
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Marsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosa
Beech FernPhegopteris connectilis
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Carex hostiana x demissaCarex hostiana x demissa
Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia
Eared WillowSalix aurita
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
HawkweedHieracium
Alpine Lady's-mantleAlchemilla alpina
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Starry SaxifrageMicranthes stellaris
Yellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
Marsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustris
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
Mountain SorrelOxyria digyna
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Marsh VioletViola palustris
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
RoserootRhodiola rosea
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Mat-grassNardus stricta
TormentilPotentilla erecta
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Agrostis caninaAgrostis canina
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Fir ClubmossHuperzia selago
Mountain EverlastingAntennaria dioica
Alpine ClubmossDiphasiastrum alpinum
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Purple SaxifrageSaxifraga oppositifolia
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
AspenPopulus tremula
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
Rhinanthus minor subsp. stenophyllusRhinanthus minor subsp. stenophyllus
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina
Slender Scottish EyebrightEuphrasia scottica
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common SedgeCarex nigra
White CloverTrifolium repens
GorseUlex europaeus
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Hairy Lady's-mantleAlchemilla filicaulis
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
JuniperJuniperus communis
Mossy SaxifrageSaxifraga hypnoides
Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
PignutConopodium majus
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Water AvensGeum rivale
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Downy OatAvenula pubescens
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
Oak FernGymnocarpium dryopteris
Star SedgeCarex echinata
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris
Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
DandelionTaraxacum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Stiff SedgeCarex bigelowii
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

580 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants137 species

summer

2022

Melancholy Thistle · Wood Crane's-bill · Heath Fragrant-orchid · New Zealand Willowherb · Northern Bedstraw +132

Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum
Heath Fragrant-orchidGymnadenia borealis
New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens
Northern BedstrawGalium boreale
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Lesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoides
EyebrightEuphrasia
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
BugleAjuga reptans
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
Scottish AsphodelTofieldia pusilla
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Alpine BistortBistorta vivipara
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Creeping WillowSalix repens
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Rosa mollisRosa mollis
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Marsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosa
Beech FernPhegopteris connectilis
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Carex hostiana x demissaCarex hostiana x demissa
Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia
Eared WillowSalix aurita
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
HawkweedHieracium
Alpine Lady's-mantleAlchemilla alpina
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Starry SaxifrageMicranthes stellaris
Yellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
Marsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustris
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
Mountain SorrelOxyria digyna
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Marsh VioletViola palustris
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
RoserootRhodiola rosea
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Mat-grassNardus stricta
TormentilPotentilla erecta
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Agrostis caninaAgrostis canina
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Fir ClubmossHuperzia selago
Mountain EverlastingAntennaria dioica
Alpine ClubmossDiphasiastrum alpinum
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Purple SaxifrageSaxifraga oppositifolia
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
AspenPopulus tremula
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
Rhinanthus minor subsp. stenophyllusRhinanthus minor subsp. stenophyllus
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina
Slender Scottish EyebrightEuphrasia scottica
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common SedgeCarex nigra
White CloverTrifolium repens
GorseUlex europaeus
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Hairy Lady's-mantleAlchemilla filicaulis
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
JuniperJuniperus communis
Mossy SaxifrageSaxifraga hypnoides
Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
PignutConopodium majus
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Water AvensGeum rivale
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Downy OatAvenula pubescens
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
Oak FernGymnocarpium dryopteris
Star SedgeCarex echinata
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris
Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
DandelionTaraxacum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Stiff SedgeCarex bigelowii
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 andytb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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