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Loch Turret

670 ha

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome670 ha

Getting here

56.42801, -3.93490

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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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🐕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

Parking

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Common Gull, Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Common Gull, Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Yellow-rattle, Heath Speedwell, Tormentil +24 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Yellow-rattle, Heath Speedwell, Tormentil +24 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Diura bicaudata, Bilberry Bumblebee +2 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Diura bicaudata, Bilberry Bumblebee +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Rob Roy WayWalking route127 km

Long distance walk from Drymen on Loch Lomond to Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire.

Named routeLength 127 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Auchnafree to ComrieWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route

Ardtalnaig to AuchnafreeWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Auchnafree to NewtonWalking route

Named route

Glen Lednock Circular WalkWalking route4 km

Named routeLength 4 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🚵

Mountain biking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Uphill AccessMountain bike route

Named route

Blue DescentMountain bike route

Named route

Red DescentMountain bike route

Named route

Red LoopMountain bike route

Named route

LinkMountain bike route

Named route

Black DescentMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

1,972 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,972 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

springsummer

2025

Meadow Pipit · Common Gull · Common Sandpiper · Stonechat · Wren +50

Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Common GullLarus canus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CuckooCuculus canorus
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
CurlewNumenius arquata
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
TealAnas crecca
GoosanderMergus merganser
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JayGarrulus glandarius
SiskinSpinus spinus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RookCorvus frugilegus
SwiftApus apus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SwallowHirundo rustica
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RavenCorvus corax
DipperCinclus cinclus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Mountain Hare · Red Deer

Mountain HareLepus timidus
Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Anoplotrupes stercorosus

Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,972 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

springsummer

2025

Meadow Pipit · Common Gull · Common Sandpiper · Stonechat · Wren +50

Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Common GullLarus canus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CuckooCuculus canorus
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
CurlewNumenius arquata
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
TealAnas crecca
GoosanderMergus merganser
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JayGarrulus glandarius
SiskinSpinus spinus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RookCorvus frugilegus
SwiftApus apus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SwallowHirundo rustica
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RavenCorvus corax
DipperCinclus cinclus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Mountain Hare · Red Deer

Mountain HareLepus timidus
Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Anoplotrupes stercorosus

Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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