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Tarbert Castle

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📷 Peter Jeffery · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

55.86394, -5.40952

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕The Gallery Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ 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
☕The Gallery Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· FreePicnic spotToilets

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Oystercatcher +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Oystercatcher +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Meliscaeva cinctella, Syrphus +5 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Meliscaeva cinctella, Syrphus +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Alder Bracket · last seen 2025; Fungi — Alder Bracket · last seen 2025

Varies

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Kintyre WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Corranbuie TrailWalking route4.2 km

Named routeLength 4.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Tarbert Castle TrailWalking route1.6 km

Named routeLength 1.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Caledonia WayCycling route

Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

6,589 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,589 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

summer

2026

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Hooded Crow · Swallow · Mute Swan +45

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Great TitParus major2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Seal · Common Porpoise · Pine Marten · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2024
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2024
Pine MartenMartes martes
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summerautumn

2025

Palmate Newt · Common Toad

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common ToadBufo bufo2024

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Meliscaeva cinctella · Syrphus · Xylota segnis · Bombus lucorum +2

Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
SyrphusSyrphus
Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Emerald Damselfly

🍄

Fungi1 species

spring

2025

Alder Bracket

Alder BracketMensularia radiata

🌿

Plants5 species

summer

2024

Rubus scoticus · Rubus dumnoniensis · Rubus nemoralis · Rubus polyanthemus · Rubus lindleianus

Rubus scoticusRubus scoticus
Rubus dumnoniensisRubus dumnoniensis
Rubus nemoralisRubus nemoralis
Rubus polyanthemusRubus polyanthemus
Rubus lindleianusRubus lindleianus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,589 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

summer

2026

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Hooded Crow · Swallow · Mute Swan +45

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Great TitParus major2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Seal · Common Porpoise · Pine Marten · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2024
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2024
Pine MartenMartes martes
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summerautumn

2025

Palmate Newt · Common Toad

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common ToadBufo bufo2024

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Meliscaeva cinctella · Syrphus · Xylota segnis · Bombus lucorum +2

Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
SyrphusSyrphus
Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Emerald Damselfly

🍄

Fungi1 species

spring

2025

Alder Bracket

Alder BracketMensularia radiata

🌿

Plants5 species

summer

2024

Rubus scoticus · Rubus dumnoniensis · Rubus nemoralis · Rubus polyanthemus · Rubus lindleianus

Rubus scoticusRubus scoticus
Rubus dumnoniensisRubus dumnoniensis
Rubus nemoralisRubus nemoralis
Rubus polyanthemusRubus polyanthemus
Rubus lindleianusRubus lindleianus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Jeffery · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌱Tarbert Castle GroundsUrban park0 m→⛪The Old ChurchReligious grounds300 m→⛪Tarbert Parish ChurchReligious grounds500 m→✦Tarbert CastleHistoric site100 m→🪦Carrick CemeteryCemetery2.4 km→✦Stonefield Castle HotelHistoric site3.1 km→

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