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Torloisk House

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📷 Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🐕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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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 — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit +88 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit +88 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Antler Moth, Large Yellow Underwing, Philopotamus montanus +83 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Antler Moth, Large Yellow Underwing, Philopotamus montanus +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Hazel Gloves, Persistent Waxcap · last seen 2022; Fungi — Hazel Gloves, Persistent Waxcap · last seen 2022

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Kidney Vetch, Mountain Everlasting, Carline Thistle +1 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Kidney Vetch, Mountain Everlasting, Carline Thistle +1 more · last seen 2024

Free

Wildlife to spot

2,506 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,506 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

spring

2025

Chaffinch · Blackbird · Greylag Goose · Willow Warbler · Wheatear +59

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common GullLarus canus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great TitParus major
GoosanderMergus merganser
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SwallowHirundo rustica
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
DunnockPrunella modularis
RazorbillAlca torda2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RavenCorvus corax2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Common GuillemotUria aalge
GannetMorus bassanus
Common TernSterna hirundo
Rock DoveColumba livia
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2024

Red Deer

Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐝

Insects13 species

spring

2025

Philopotamus montanus · Brown Chafer · Dactylolabis sexmaculata · Eristalinus aeneus · Spear Thistle Lacebug +8

Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus2024
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
Dactylolabis sexmaculataDactylolabis sexmaculata
Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus2024
Spear Thistle LacebugTingis (Tingis) cardui2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus

🌿

Plants3 species

spring

2024

Carline Thistle · Mountain Everlasting · Kidney Vetch

Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris
Mountain EverlastingAntennaria dioica
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,506 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

spring

2025

Chaffinch · Blackbird · Greylag Goose · Willow Warbler · Wheatear +59

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common GullLarus canus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great TitParus major
GoosanderMergus merganser
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SwallowHirundo rustica
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
DunnockPrunella modularis
RazorbillAlca torda2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RavenCorvus corax2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Common GuillemotUria aalge
GannetMorus bassanus
Common TernSterna hirundo
Rock DoveColumba livia
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2024

Red Deer

Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐝

Insects13 species

spring

2025

Philopotamus montanus · Brown Chafer · Dactylolabis sexmaculata · Eristalinus aeneus · Spear Thistle Lacebug +8

Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus2024
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
Dactylolabis sexmaculataDactylolabis sexmaculata
Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus2024
Spear Thistle LacebugTingis (Tingis) cardui2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus

🌿

Plants3 species

spring

2024

Carline Thistle · Mountain Everlasting · Kidney Vetch

Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris
Mountain EverlastingAntennaria dioica
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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