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Torran a'Bharraich, dun site

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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 Grey Heron and Blackbird
✦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

🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Blackbird
✦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

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Grey Heron, Blackbird, Herring Gull +53 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Grey Heron, Blackbird, Herring Gull +53 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — encrusting algae indet., Montbretia, Hen Pen +23 more · last seen 2017; Plants — encrusting algae indet., Montbretia, Hen Pen +23 more · last seen 2017

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Peacock, Scotch Argus, Red-legged Shieldbug +3 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Peacock, Scotch Argus, Red-legged Shieldbug +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Spear-leaved Orache, Black Currant, Common Hemp-nettle +2 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Scotland TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

1,609 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,609 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Heron · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Chaffinch · Robin +52

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great TitParus major
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
EiderSomateria mollissima
SiskinSpinus spinus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
DunnockPrunella modularis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SwallowHirundo rustica
CuckooCuculus canorus
Common GullLarus canus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2016
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2015
ShagGulosus aristotelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2019
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2019
GoosanderMergus merganser2016
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2015
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2015
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2015
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SanderlingCalidris alba
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2019
WigeonMareca penelope2016
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2016
Common GuillemotUria aalge2016
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2015
RavenCorvus corax2015
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2015
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2014

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Otter · Common Porpoise · Wild Cat Hybrid · Wood Mouse +3

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
OtterLutra lutra2024
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2019
Wild Cat HybridFelis silvestris x catus
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
Pine MartenMartes martes2023
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2021
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019

🐟

Fish19 species

autumn

2017

Reticulated Dragonet · Pomatoschistus · Poor Cod · Painted Goby · Bull Rout +14

Reticulated DragonetCallionymus reticulatus
PomatoschistusPomatoschistus
Poor CodTrisopterus minutus
Painted GobyPomatoschistus pictus
Bull RoutMyoxocephalus scorpius2016
Jeffrey's GobyBuenia jeffreysii2016
Spotted DragonetCallionymus maculatus
GoldsinnyCtenolabrus rupestris
Norwegian TopknotPhrynorhombus norvegicus
Leopard-spotted GobyThorogobius ephippiatus
Hook-noseAgonus cataphractus
DabLimanda limanda
Tub gurnardChelidonichthys lucerna
Two-spotted GobyGobiusculus flavescens
Atlantic CodGadus morhua
Yarrell's BlennyChirolophis ascanii
FlatfishPleuronectiformes2016
PoutingTrisopterus luscus2015
PollackPollachius pollachius2015

🐝

Insects6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Peacock · Scotch Argus · Clay-coloured Weevil · Red-legged Shieldbug · Anoplotrupes stercorosus +1

PeacockAglais io2014
Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops2014
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2020

🌿

Plants27 species

summer

2017

encrusting algae indet. · Hen Pen · Alga · Dark red crusts · Corallinales +22

encrusting algae indet.encrusting algae indet.
Hen PenBryopsis plumosa
AlgaAlgae2015
Dark red crustsRhodophyta2015
CorallinalesCorallinales2014
CarrageenChondrus crispus2014
Wood VetchErvilia sylvatica2014
Common CouchElymus repens2014
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2014
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2014
Black CurrantRibes nigrum2014
Sea CampionSilene uniflora2014
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2014
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2014
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2014
Hybrid Balsam-poplarPopulus balsamifera x trichocarpa = P. x hastata2014
Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2014
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2014
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2014
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2014
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2014
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2014
Saltmarsh RushJuncus gerardii2014
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2014
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2014
Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2014
Eared WillowSalix aurita2014

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,609 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Heron · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Chaffinch · Robin +52

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great TitParus major
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
EiderSomateria mollissima
SiskinSpinus spinus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
DunnockPrunella modularis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SwallowHirundo rustica
CuckooCuculus canorus
Common GullLarus canus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2016
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2015
ShagGulosus aristotelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2019
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2019
GoosanderMergus merganser2016
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2015
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2015
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2015
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SanderlingCalidris alba
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2019
WigeonMareca penelope2016
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2016
Common GuillemotUria aalge2016
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2015
RavenCorvus corax2015
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2015
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2014

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Otter · Common Porpoise · Wild Cat Hybrid · Wood Mouse +3

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
OtterLutra lutra2024
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2019
Wild Cat HybridFelis silvestris x catus
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
Pine MartenMartes martes2023
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2021
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019

🐟

Fish19 species

autumn

2017

Reticulated Dragonet · Pomatoschistus · Poor Cod · Painted Goby · Bull Rout +14

Reticulated DragonetCallionymus reticulatus
PomatoschistusPomatoschistus
Poor CodTrisopterus minutus
Painted GobyPomatoschistus pictus
Bull RoutMyoxocephalus scorpius2016
Jeffrey's GobyBuenia jeffreysii2016
Spotted DragonetCallionymus maculatus
GoldsinnyCtenolabrus rupestris
Norwegian TopknotPhrynorhombus norvegicus
Leopard-spotted GobyThorogobius ephippiatus
Hook-noseAgonus cataphractus
DabLimanda limanda
Tub gurnardChelidonichthys lucerna
Two-spotted GobyGobiusculus flavescens
Atlantic CodGadus morhua
Yarrell's BlennyChirolophis ascanii
FlatfishPleuronectiformes2016
PoutingTrisopterus luscus2015
PollackPollachius pollachius2015

🐝

Insects6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Peacock · Scotch Argus · Clay-coloured Weevil · Red-legged Shieldbug · Anoplotrupes stercorosus +1

PeacockAglais io2014
Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops2014
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2020

🌿

Plants27 species

summer

2017

encrusting algae indet. · Hen Pen · Alga · Dark red crusts · Corallinales +22

encrusting algae indet.encrusting algae indet.
Hen PenBryopsis plumosa
AlgaAlgae2015
Dark red crustsRhodophyta2015
CorallinalesCorallinales2014
CarrageenChondrus crispus2014
Wood VetchErvilia sylvatica2014
Common CouchElymus repens2014
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2014
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2014
Black CurrantRibes nigrum2014
Sea CampionSilene uniflora2014
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2014
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2014
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2014
Hybrid Balsam-poplarPopulus balsamifera x trichocarpa = P. x hastata2014
Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2014
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2014
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2014
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2014
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2014
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2014
Saltmarsh RushJuncus gerardii2014
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2014
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2014
Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2014
Eared WillowSalix aurita2014

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Trevor Littlewood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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