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Quolie Reservoir No 2

8 ha

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54.95637, -6.14666

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🍄Mushroom 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 — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🍄Mushroom 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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Wren +35 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Wren +35 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Devil's-bit Scabious, Bog Asphodel, Red Clover +26 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Devil's-bit Scabious, Bog Asphodel, Red Clover +26 more · last seen 2021

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Green-veined White, Small Heath, Orange-tip +7 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Green-veined White, Small Heath, Orange-tip +7 more · last seen 2019

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Cap Cŵyr Parhaol · last seen 2021; Fungi — Cap Cŵyr Parhaol · last seen 2021

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Dungonnell WayWalking route15.5 km

Named routeLength 15.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

324 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

324 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

springsummer

2025

Chaffinch · Robin · Wren · Goldcrest · Willow Warbler +35

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SiskinSpinus spinus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
MagpiePica pica2021
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
Water RailRallus aquaticus2011

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2023

Sika Deer · Red Deer · Mountain Hare

Sika DeerCervus nippon
Red DeerCervus elaphus2022
Mountain HareLepus timidus2014

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2024

Frog · Smooth Newt

FrogRana
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023

🐝

Insects10 species

springsummer

2019

Green-veined White · Small Heath · Orange-tip · Speckled Wood · Painted Lady +5

Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Emperor MothSaturnia pavonia2012
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Oak EggarLasiocampa quercus2012

🍄

Fungi1 species

autumn

2021

Cap Cŵyr Parhaol

Cap Cŵyr ParhaolHygrocybe acutoconica

🌿

Plants53 species

summer

2021

Devil's-bit Scabious · Bog Asphodel · Red Clover · Western Earwort · Mueller's Pouchwort +48

Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2020
Western EarwortScapania gracilis2012
Mueller's PouchwortCalypogeia muelleriana2012
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2012
Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum2012
Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis2012
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2012
Red Bog-mossSphagnum rubellum2012
Bog-moss FlapwortOdontoschisma sphagni2012
Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa2012
Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens2012
Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax2012
Purple SpoonwortPleurozia purpurea2012
KurziaKurzia2012
Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa2012
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2012
Jagged NotchwortSchistochilopsis incisa2012
Round-fruited Collar-mossSplachnum sphaericum2012
Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum2012
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2012
Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus2012
Feathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatum2012
Papillose Bog-mossSphagnum papillosum2012
Strict HaircapPolytrichum strictum2012
Soft Bog-mossSphagnum tenellum2012
Bog NotchwortOdontoschisma fluitans2012
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2012
Great SundewDrosera anglica2010
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2010
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2010
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2010
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2010
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2010
HazelCorylus avellana2010
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2010
Sheep's-bitJasione montana2010
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2010
TormentilPotentilla erecta2010
BugleAjuga reptans2010
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2010
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2010
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2010
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2010
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2010
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2010
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2010
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2010
CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea2010
New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens2010
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2010
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2010

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

324 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

springsummer

2025

Chaffinch · Robin · Wren · Goldcrest · Willow Warbler +35

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SiskinSpinus spinus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
MagpiePica pica2021
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
Water RailRallus aquaticus2011

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2023

Sika Deer · Red Deer · Mountain Hare

Sika DeerCervus nippon
Red DeerCervus elaphus2022
Mountain HareLepus timidus2014

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2024

Frog · Smooth Newt

FrogRana
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023

🐝

Insects10 species

springsummer

2019

Green-veined White · Small Heath · Orange-tip · Speckled Wood · Painted Lady +5

Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Emperor MothSaturnia pavonia2012
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Oak EggarLasiocampa quercus2012

🍄

Fungi1 species

autumn

2021

Cap Cŵyr Parhaol

Cap Cŵyr ParhaolHygrocybe acutoconica

🌿

Plants53 species

summer

2021

Devil's-bit Scabious · Bog Asphodel · Red Clover · Western Earwort · Mueller's Pouchwort +48

Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2020
Western EarwortScapania gracilis2012
Mueller's PouchwortCalypogeia muelleriana2012
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2012
Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum2012
Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis2012
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2012
Red Bog-mossSphagnum rubellum2012
Bog-moss FlapwortOdontoschisma sphagni2012
Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa2012
Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens2012
Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax2012
Purple SpoonwortPleurozia purpurea2012
KurziaKurzia2012
Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa2012
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2012
Jagged NotchwortSchistochilopsis incisa2012
Round-fruited Collar-mossSplachnum sphaericum2012
Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum2012
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2012
Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus2012
Feathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatum2012
Papillose Bog-mossSphagnum papillosum2012
Strict HaircapPolytrichum strictum2012
Soft Bog-mossSphagnum tenellum2012
Bog NotchwortOdontoschisma fluitans2012
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2012
Great SundewDrosera anglica2010
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2010
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2010
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2010
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2010
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2010
HazelCorylus avellana2010
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2010
Sheep's-bitJasione montana2010
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2010
TormentilPotentilla erecta2010
BugleAjuga reptans2010
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2010
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2010
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2010
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2010
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2010
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2010
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2010
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2010
CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea2010
New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens2010
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2010
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2010

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Philip · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

D1814 : Moorland with Forking Burn valley and Quolie Reservoir behind

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