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Spittal of Glenshee Hotel

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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

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Common Gull, Red Grouse (scotica), Curlew +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Common Gull, Red Grouse (scotica), Curlew +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Upland Summer Mayfly, Northern Silver-stiletto, Leuctra hippopus +79 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Upland Summer Mayfly, Northern Silver-stiletto, Leuctra hippopus +79 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Alpine Lady's-mantle, Grass, Annual Meadow-grass +246 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Alpine Lady's-mantle, Grass, Annual Meadow-grass +246 more · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Bilberry, Mouse-ear-hawkweed +19 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Cateran TrailWalking route104 km

Blairgowrie

Named routeLength 104 kmRound tripNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

1,752 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,752 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

spring

2025

Oystercatcher · Carrion Crow · Curlew · Common Gull · Swallow +53

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CurlewNumenius arquata
Common GullLarus canus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RookCorvus frugilegus
RavenCorvus corax2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Crested TitLophophanes cristatus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Stoat

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
StoatMustela erminea

🐝

Insects14 species

springsummer

2025

Eristalis pertinax · Greater Horntail Wasp · Tree Bumblebee · Melinopterus prodromus · Bodilopsis rufa +9

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Melinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromus
Bodilopsis rufaBodilopsis rufa
Acrossus depressusAcrossus depressus
Ecdyonurus venosusEcdyonurus venosus2024
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Heather BeetleLochmaea suturalis2024
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2024
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2023
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2023
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2023

🌿

Plants73 species

summer

2024

Yellow Saxifrage · Cross-leaved Heath · Common Butterwort · Marsh Lousewort · Yarrow +68

Yellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides2023
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2023
Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
White CloverTrifolium repens
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Mat-grassNardus stricta
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Marsh VioletViola palustris
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2023
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2023
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2023
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2023
Alpine BistortBistorta vivipara2023
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2023
Mountain MelickMelica nutans2023
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2023
Alpine Lady's-mantleAlchemilla alpina2023
CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea2023
Hairy Rock-cressArabis hirsuta2023
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2023
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2023
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2023
Marsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosa2023
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2023
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2023
CloudberryRubus chamaemorus2023
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens2023
Eared WillowSalix aurita2023
Green SpleenwortAsplenium viride2023
Sheathed SedgeCarex vaginata2023
SpignelMeum athamanticum2023
Beech FernPhegopteris connectilis2023
Common SedgeCarex nigra2023
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2023
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2023
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,752 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

spring

2025

Oystercatcher · Carrion Crow · Curlew · Common Gull · Swallow +53

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CurlewNumenius arquata
Common GullLarus canus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RookCorvus frugilegus
RavenCorvus corax2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Crested TitLophophanes cristatus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Stoat

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
StoatMustela erminea

🐝

Insects14 species

springsummer

2025

Eristalis pertinax · Greater Horntail Wasp · Tree Bumblebee · Melinopterus prodromus · Bodilopsis rufa +9

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Melinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromus
Bodilopsis rufaBodilopsis rufa
Acrossus depressusAcrossus depressus
Ecdyonurus venosusEcdyonurus venosus2024
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Heather BeetleLochmaea suturalis2024
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2024
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2023
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2023
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2023

🌿

Plants73 species

summer

2024

Yellow Saxifrage · Cross-leaved Heath · Common Butterwort · Marsh Lousewort · Yarrow +68

Yellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides2023
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2023
Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
White CloverTrifolium repens
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Mat-grassNardus stricta
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Marsh VioletViola palustris
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2023
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2023
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2023
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2023
Alpine BistortBistorta vivipara2023
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2023
Mountain MelickMelica nutans2023
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2023
Alpine Lady's-mantleAlchemilla alpina2023
CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea2023
Hairy Rock-cressArabis hirsuta2023
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2023
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2023
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2023
Marsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosa2023
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2023
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2023
CloudberryRubus chamaemorus2023
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens2023
Eared WillowSalix aurita2023
Green SpleenwortAsplenium viride2023
Sheathed SedgeCarex vaginata2023
SpignelMeum athamanticum2023
Beech FernPhegopteris connectilis2023
Common SedgeCarex nigra2023
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2023
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2023
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Moore · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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