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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
57.51996, -4.45873
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 192m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 192m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bramble, Broom, Prickly Sow-thistle +129 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bramble, Broom, Prickly Sow-thistle +129 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Rowan +21 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Muir to Clash CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRef MOO R4Local walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
Muir of Ord to North Kessock via BlairdhuCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route147 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 147 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route4.2 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 4.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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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Wildlife to spot
5,729 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,729 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Rook · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Robin · Blackbird +37
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SwiftApus apus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Elder Aphid · Atlantoraphidia maculicollis · Marsham's Nomad Bee · Chocolate Mining Bee +5
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Elder AphidAphis (Aphis) sambuci
- Atlantoraphidia maculicollisAtlantoraphidia maculicollis
- Marsham's Nomad BeeNomada marshamella
- Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Sweet Cicely · Mugwort · Common Nettle · Foxglove · Sycamore +30
- Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,729 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Rook · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Robin · Blackbird +37
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SwiftApus apus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Elder Aphid · Atlantoraphidia maculicollis · Marsham's Nomad Bee · Chocolate Mining Bee +5
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Elder AphidAphis (Aphis) sambuci
- Atlantoraphidia maculicollisAtlantoraphidia maculicollis
- Marsham's Nomad BeeNomada marshamella
- Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Sweet Cicely · Mugwort · Common Nettle · Foxglove · Sycamore +30
- Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Clarke's Mining Bee
Clarke's Mining Bee
Andrena clarkella
Andrena clarkella
Staphylinus dimidiaticornisStaphylinus dimidiaticornisStaphylinus dimidiaticornisStaphylinus dimidiaticornisDiphyus amatoriusDiphyus amatoriusDiphyus amatoriusDiphyus amatoriusSpeckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Garden Star-of-BethlehemOrnithogalum umbellatumGarden Star-of-BethlehemOrnithogalum umbellatumField Mouse-earCerastium arvenseField Mouse-earCerastium arvenseMarsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgarisMarsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgarisPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Smith's PepperwortLepidium heterophyllum2024Smith's PepperwortLepidium heterophyllum2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024GorseUlex europaeus2024GorseUlex europaeus2024Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2024Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2024Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense var. sativum2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense var. sativum2024Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea2024Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2024Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2024Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2024Events & activities nearby
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