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Places › Scotland › Highlands and Islands › Moray Getting here
57.69588, -3.20853
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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 🐕 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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Goldeneye, Whooper Swan, Redwing +24 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Goldeneye, Whooper Swan, Redwing +24 more · last seen 2026
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🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Scots Lovage, Himalayan Cotoneaster, Wavy Hair-Grass +22 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Scots Lovage, Himalayan Cotoneaster, Wavy Hair-Grass +22 more · last seen 2022
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Plants — Sheep's Sorrel, Crowberry, Wood-sorrel +1 more foraging species
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Moray Coast Trail Walking route 72 km ▾
Named route Length 72 km Point-to-point National walking route
Show on map 10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 1 Dundee to Tain Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Point-to-point National Cycle Network
Show on map EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV1 International cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 229 m ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 229 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 3.7 km ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 3.7 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2.9 km ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 2.9 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Photos Lossie Forest, its WW2 defences and Coast Artillery Gun Battery (20)
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Wildlife to spot
2,819 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,819 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 27 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Goldeneye · Whooper Swan · Redwing · Fieldfare · Common Scoter +22
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra2025 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2025 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus2025 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2024 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2024 Little Tern Sternula albifrons2024 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2023 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Pintail Anas acuta2024 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2023 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2023 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis2022 Common Guillemot Uria aalge2022 Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Scots Lovage · Himalayan Cotoneaster · Wavy Hair-Grass · Early Hair-grass · Sheep's Sorrel +20
Scots Lovage Ligusticum scoticum Himalayan Cotoneaster Cotoneaster simonsii Wavy Hair-Grass Avenella flexuosa Early Hair-grass Aira praecox Sheep's Sorrel Rumex acetosella subsp. acetosella Sea Campion Silene uniflora Marsh Cudweed Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,819 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 27 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Goldeneye · Whooper Swan · Redwing · Fieldfare · Common Scoter +22
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra2025 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2025 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus2025 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2024 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2024 Little Tern Sternula albifrons2024 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2023 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Pintail Anas acuta2024 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2023 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2023 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis2022 Common Guillemot Uria aalge2022 Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Scots Lovage · Himalayan Cotoneaster · Wavy Hair-Grass · Early Hair-grass · Sheep's Sorrel +20
Scots Lovage Ligusticum scoticum Himalayan Cotoneaster Cotoneaster simonsii Wavy Hair-Grass Avenella flexuosa Early Hair-grass Aira praecox Sheep's Sorrel Rumex acetosella subsp. acetosella Sea Campion Silene uniflora Marsh Cudweed Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Gnaphalium uliginosum
Gnaphalium uliginosum
Crowberry Empetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum
Crowberry Empetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum var. maritimum
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum var. maritimum
Heather Calluna vulgaris
Heather Calluna vulgaris
Sagina subulata var. subulata Sagina subulata var. subulata
Sagina subulata var. subulata Sagina subulata var. subulata
Great Wood-rush Luzula sylvatica
Great Wood-rush Luzula sylvatica
Polypody Polypodium vulgare
Polypody Polypodium vulgare
Curled Dock Rumex crispus
Curled Dock Rumex crispus
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor
Common Bent Agrostis capillaris
Common Bent Agrostis capillaris
Common Stork's-bill Erodium cicutarium
Common Stork's-bill Erodium cicutarium
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius
Slender Parsley-piert Aphanes australis
Slender Parsley-piert Aphanes australis
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Small Cudweed Logfia minima
Small Cudweed Logfia minima
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella
Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella
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