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Lower Reservoir

7 ha

📷 Rod collier · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome7 ha

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55.74465, -5.01660

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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

Bike parkingParking

Best for

3 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +93 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +93 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Scathophaga stercoraria, Nicrophorus vespilloides, Meadow Brown +14 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Scathophaga stercoraria, Nicrophorus vespilloides, Meadow Brown +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

West Island WayWalking route48 km

Named routeLength 48 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Bute Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

7,287 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,287 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Wren · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +60

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
CurlewNumenius arquata
RedshankTringa totanus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RookCorvus frugilegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
EiderSomateria mollissima
SwallowHirundo rustica
RavenCorvus corax
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GannetMorus bassanus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
MagpiePica pica
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Common GullLarus canus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SiskinSpinus spinus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
DunnockPrunella modularis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
TealAnas crecca
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2024

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2024

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects3 species

springsummer

2025

Scathophaga stercoraria · Black Clock · Eristalis pertinax

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,287 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Wren · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +60

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
CurlewNumenius arquata
RedshankTringa totanus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RookCorvus frugilegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
EiderSomateria mollissima
SwallowHirundo rustica
RavenCorvus corax
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GannetMorus bassanus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
MagpiePica pica
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Common GullLarus canus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SiskinSpinus spinus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
DunnockPrunella modularis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
TealAnas crecca
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2024

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2024

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects3 species

springsummer

2025

Scathophaga stercoraria · Black Clock · Eristalis pertinax

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rod collier · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦Stone CircleHistoric site2.1 km→✦Saint Blane's ChapelHistoric site1.5 km→✦Stone CircleHistoric site2.1 km→✦Dunagoil: burial chamber, forts, caves, cupmarked stone and longhouses.Historic site2.4 km→💧Lower ReservoirReservoir0 m→✦Little Dunagoil FortHistoric site2.3 km→

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