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Mercat Cross

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Getting here

57.68009, -4.03104

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Cromarty Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Cromarty Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Eider, Cormorant +82 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Eider, Cormorant +82 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sweet Chestnut, Great Wood-rush, Purple Toadflax +33 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Sweet Chestnut, Great Wood-rush, Purple Toadflax +33 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Rose Mildew, Podosphaera aphanis, Thedgonia ligustrina · last seen 2025; Fungi — Rose Mildew, Podosphaera aphanis, Thedgonia ligustrina · last seen 2025

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Red-tailed Bumblebee, Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi, Syrphus +14 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-tailed Bumblebee, Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi, Syrphus +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Cromarty alternativeCycling route

Named routeNational Cycle Network

Eathie MTBCycling route

Named route

Main RouteCycling route69 m

Named routeRef 1Length 69 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route108 m

Named routeRef 1Length 108 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.3 km

Named routeRef 1Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

10,804 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,804 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

summerautumn

2026

Eider · Cormorant · Pied Wagtail · Common Guillemot · Great Black-backed Gull +43

EiderSomateria mollissima2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025

🦌

Mammals9 species

autumn

2025

Seals · Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Common Porpoise +4

SealsPinnipedia
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Common DolphinDelphinus delphis

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Syrphus

SyrphusSyrphus

🌿

Plants8 species

summer

2026

Winter Aconite · Great Wood-rush · White Campion · Rush Aster · Sweet Chestnut +3

Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2025
White CampionSilene latifolia2025
Rush AsterSymphyotrichum novi-belgii2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,804 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

summerautumn

2026

Eider · Cormorant · Pied Wagtail · Common Guillemot · Great Black-backed Gull +43

EiderSomateria mollissima2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025

🦌

Mammals9 species

autumn

2025

Seals · Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Common Porpoise +4

SealsPinnipedia
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Common DolphinDelphinus delphis

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Syrphus

SyrphusSyrphus

🌿

Plants8 species

summer

2026

Winter Aconite · Great Wood-rush · White Campion · Rush Aster · Sweet Chestnut +3

Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2025
White CampionSilene latifolia2025
Rush AsterSymphyotrichum novi-belgii2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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