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Neish Island, Crannog

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📷 Gerald England · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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56.39202, -4.12280

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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
🌿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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

6 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 — Mallard, Robin, Nuthatch +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Robin, Nuthatch +71 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Nipplewort, Coltsfoot, Alder +252 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Nipplewort, Coltsfoot, Alder +252 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Raspberry, Meadowsweet, Common Hemp-nettle +28 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Large Red Damselfly, Speckled Wood +18 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Large Red Damselfly, Speckled Wood +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Saints WayWalking route130 km

Three Saints Way – Killin to St Andrews. The lives of three saints – Saint Kessog, Saint Fillan and Saint Serf – are commemorated by this pilgrimage, connecting Scotland’s dramatic west coast to the rocks and hills of the east.

Named routeRef TSWLength 130 kmRegional walking route

Killin to St FillansWalking route26 km

Mostly on route of former railway track.

Named routeLength 26 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route

Maam RoadWalking route

Named route

St Fillans to ComrieWalking route10 km

Following the River Earn and mainly on route of old railway

Named routeLength 10 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Comrie to St FillansCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,855 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,855 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

spring

2026

Mallard · Robin · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow +44

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SwiftApus apus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Red Deer · Hedgehog · Feral Goat

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Red DeerCervus elaphus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Feral GoatCapra hircus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Mystacides azurea · Mystacides longicornis · Red-legged Shieldbug

Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2024
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024

🌿

Plants4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Yellow Archangel · Alder · Nipplewort · Marsh Thistle

Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,855 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

spring

2026

Mallard · Robin · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow +44

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SwiftApus apus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Red Deer · Hedgehog · Feral Goat

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Red DeerCervus elaphus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Feral GoatCapra hircus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Mystacides azurea · Mystacides longicornis · Red-legged Shieldbug

Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2024
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024

🌿

Plants4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Yellow Archangel · Alder · Nipplewort · Marsh Thistle

Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Gerald England · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌱Glentarken ParkUrban park500 m→🌱Garden of orginal estate house at DuniraUrban park4.7 km→🌱Balsaig HouseUrban park4 km→✦DundurnHistoric site2 km→⛳St Fillans Golf ClubGolf course1.4 km→✦Dundurn MillHistoric site1.8 km→

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