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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
57.55253, -6.14947
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grasshopper Warbler and Hooded Crow
- 🍄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
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grasshopper Warbler and Hooded Crow
- 🍄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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Grasshopper Warbler, Hooded Crow, Willow Warbler +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Grasshopper Warbler, Hooded Crow, Willow Warbler +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Scotch Argus, Common Blue +30 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Tufted Vetch, Heath Spotted-orchid, Meadowsweet +214 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Dibaeis baeomyces, Baeomyces rufus, Mallrug, Mallryg +5 more · last seen 2021
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Old man of StorrWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Old Man of Storr - Storr TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RW 31Local walking route
Skye Trail - Stage 2Walking route27.5 km▾
Named routeLength 27.5 kmRegional walking route
Photos
The old road at Tobhta Uachdarach
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,065 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,065 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Willow Warbler · Grasshopper Warbler · Shag · Skylark · Herring Gull +38
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common GullLarus canus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
American Mink · Humpback Whale
- American MinkNeovison vison2020
- Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Ctenicera cuprea · Knot Grass · Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis rupium · Antler Moth +1
- Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea
- Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2021
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2020
- Eristalis rupiumEristalis rupium2020
- Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2020
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
🍄Fungi3 species
winterautumn
2021▾
Dibaeis baeomyces · Baeomyces rufus · Mallrug, Mallryg
- Dibaeis baeomycesDibaeis baeomyces
- Baeomyces rufusBaeomyces rufus
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea2019
Tufted Vetch · Heath Spotted-orchid · Creeping Thistle · Bracken · Meadowsweet +33
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
- Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2024
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
- Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,065 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Willow Warbler · Grasshopper Warbler · Shag · Skylark · Herring Gull +38
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common GullLarus canus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
American Mink · Humpback Whale
- American MinkNeovison vison2020
- Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Ctenicera cuprea · Knot Grass · Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis rupium · Antler Moth +1
- Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea
- Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2021
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2020
- Eristalis rupiumEristalis rupium2020
- Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2020
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
🍄Fungi3 species
winterautumn
2021▾
Dibaeis baeomyces · Baeomyces rufus · Mallrug, Mallryg
- Dibaeis baeomycesDibaeis baeomyces
- Baeomyces rufusBaeomyces rufus
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea2019
Tufted Vetch · Heath Spotted-orchid · Creeping Thistle · Bracken · Meadowsweet +33
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
- Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2024
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
- Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2020
2020
2024
2024
HeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisEared WillowSalix aurita2024Eared WillowSalix aurita2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024English StonecropSedum anglicum2024English StonecropSedum anglicum2024Water AvensGeum rivale2023Water AvensGeum rivale2023Narrow-leaved HelleborineCephalanthera longifolia2023Narrow-leaved HelleborineCephalanthera longifolia2023YarrowAchillea millefolium2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022GorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareBell HeatherErica cinereaBell HeatherErica cinereaGrass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustrisGrass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustrisCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2024Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2024Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2024Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2024Lodgepole PinePinus contorta2024Lodgepole PinePinus contorta2024Goat WillowSalix caprea2024Goat WillowSalix caprea2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2024Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2024Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2023Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2023Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2023Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2023Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2023Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2023Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2023Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2023Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2023Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2023PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023Events & activities nearby
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