Strathpeffer Community Park
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
57.58403, -4.54606
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Coot
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Coot
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tufted Duck, Coot, Little Grebe +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Tufted Duck, Coot, Little Grebe +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Thedgonia ligustrina, Mallrug, Mallryg, Scarlet Caterpillarclub +9 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dolichovespula saxonica, Red Admiral, Bee Beetle +180 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Contin forest and View RockWalking route4.5 km▾
Named routeLength 4.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Rogie Falls Riverside TrailWalking route1.5 km▾
A walk through the woods and along the river taking in the viewpoints at the falls and Raven Crag
Named routeLength 1.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Northern Highlands)Mountain bike route166.4 km▾
Named routeLength 166.4 kmNational Cycle Network
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Path heading for the Strathpeffer Community Centre
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Wildlife to spot
23,533 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,533 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Coot · Mallard · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon +40
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WigeonMareca penelope
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TealAnas crecca
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwiftApus apus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common GullLarus canus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Red Squirrel · Badger · Brown Rat · Bank Vole · Roe Deer +1
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Red Admiral · Bird Blowfly · Common Wasp · Comma · Bee Beetle +40
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
- Bird BlowflyProtocalliphora azurea2025
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
- CommaPolygonia c-album2025
- Bee BeetleTrichius fasciatus2025
- Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthaeRhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
Gemmamyces piceae · Mallrug, Mallryg
- Gemmamyces piceaeGemmamyces piceae
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,533 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Coot · Mallard · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon +40
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WigeonMareca penelope
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TealAnas crecca
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwiftApus apus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common GullLarus canus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Red Squirrel · Badger · Brown Rat · Bank Vole · Roe Deer +1
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Red Admiral · Bird Blowfly · Common Wasp · Comma · Bee Beetle +40
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
- Bird BlowflyProtocalliphora azurea2025
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
- CommaPolygonia c-album2025
- Bee BeetleTrichius fasciatus2025
- Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthaeRhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
Gemmamyces piceae · Mallrug, Mallryg
- Gemmamyces piceaeGemmamyces piceae
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
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