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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
57.95143, -4.52871
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Siskin and Swallow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Siskin and Swallow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Siskin, Swallow, Meadow Pipit +53 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Siskin, Swallow, Meadow Pipit +53 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Scotch Argus +45 more · last seen 2015
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Soft-rush, Estuarine Sedge, Tufted Hair-grass +239 more · last seen 2017
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Violet Bramble Rust · last seen 2010
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Cape Wrath)Mountain bike route133.3 km▾
Named routeLength 133.3 kmNational Cycle Network
Great North Trail (John o' Groats)Mountain bike route223.7 km▾
Named routeLength 223.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,723 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,723 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Meadow Pipit · Swallow · Raven · Woodpigeon · Jay +19
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
Red Squirrel · Sika Deer
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Sika DeerCervus nippon2024
🌿Plants107 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Tufted Hair-grass · Soft-rush · Juniper · Cat's-ear · Yellow-rattle +102
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- JuniperJuniperus communis2021
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,723 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Meadow Pipit · Swallow · Raven · Woodpigeon · Jay +19
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
Red Squirrel · Sika Deer
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Sika DeerCervus nippon2024
🌿Plants107 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Tufted Hair-grass · Soft-rush · Juniper · Cat's-ear · Yellow-rattle +102
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- JuniperJuniperus communis2021
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
