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Getting here
57.48414, -4.45905
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Cafe Biagiotti — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Cafe Biagiotti — a good base for a longer summer day out
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Swift, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Knopper Gall, Common Wasp, Hawthorn Shieldbug +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Common Nettle, False Oat-grass +164 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Mallrug, Mallryg, Dyer's Mazegill, Ramalina fraxinea +1 more · last seen 2020
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Muir to Clash CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRef MOO R4Local walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Muir of Ord to North Kessock via BlairdhuCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,860 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,860 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Chaffinch +32
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- TealAnas crecca
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common GullLarus canus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Red Squirrel · Badger · Beaver
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- BadgerMeles meles
- BeaverCastor fiber2024
German Wasp · Common Wasp · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Pterostichus niger +5
- German WaspVespula germanica
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2024
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Yellow Oxeye · Creeping Thistle · Common Nettle · Elder · Slender Speedwell +73
- Yellow OxeyeBuphthalmum speciosum
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
- LeopardplantLigularia dentata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,860 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Chaffinch +32
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- TealAnas crecca
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common GullLarus canus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Red Squirrel · Badger · Beaver
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- BadgerMeles meles
- BeaverCastor fiber2024
German Wasp · Common Wasp · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Pterostichus niger +5
- German WaspVespula germanica
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2024
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Yellow Oxeye · Creeping Thistle · Common Nettle · Elder · Slender Speedwell +73
- Yellow OxeyeBuphthalmum speciosum
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
- LeopardplantLigularia dentata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Xyphosia miliariaXyphosia miliaria2024Xyphosia miliariaXyphosia miliaria2024Ant BeetleThanasimus formicarius2024Ant BeetleThanasimus formicarius2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Broom Leaf BeetleGonioctena olivacea2024Broom Leaf BeetleGonioctena olivacea2024Common ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensSummer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivumSummer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivumBroomCytisus scopariusBroomCytisus scopariusHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisSlender RushJuncus tenuisSlender RushJuncus tenuisTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaCommon ToadflaxLinaria vulgarisCommon ToadflaxLinaria vulgarisGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusTansyTanacetum vulgareTansyTanacetum vulgareMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumUpland Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea alpina x lutetiana = C. x intermediaUpland Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea alpina x lutetiana = C. x intermediaPurple-loosestrifeLythrum salicariaPurple-loosestrifeLythrum salicariaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorGuelder-roseViburnum opulusGuelder-roseViburnum opulusHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineSneezewortAchillea ptarmicaSneezewortAchillea ptarmicaWater-pepperPersicaria hydropiperWater-pepperPersicaria hydropiperBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusHawkweedHieraciumHawkweedHieraciumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysMossy StonecropCrassula tillaeaMossy StonecropCrassula tillaeaSilver Hair-grassAira caryophylleaSilver Hair-grassAira caryophylleaSweet CicelyMyrrhis odorataSweet CicelyMyrrhis odorataJapanese KnotweedReynoutria japonicaJapanese KnotweedReynoutria japonicaRed CurrantRibes rubrumRed CurrantRibes rubrumBird CherryPrunus padusBird CherryPrunus padusBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisPink PurslaneClaytonia sibiricaPink PurslaneClaytonia sibiricaMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisGreat Wood-rushLuzula sylvaticaGreat Wood-rushLuzula sylvaticaCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaCommon LiverwortMarchantia polymorphaCommon LiverwortMarchantia polymorphaCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataGoat WillowSalix caprea2024Goat WillowSalix caprea2024Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2024Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024