Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome
Getting here
56.40510, -4.97372
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Chaffinch
- 🍄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
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Chaffinch
- 🍄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 — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Collared Dove +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Collared Dove +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Willow Milkcap, Netted Shield Lichen, Oak Moss +31 more · last seen 2017
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Carpet, Coxcomb Prominent, Lesser Swallow Prominent +158 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Dilated Scalewort, Forked Veilwort +3 more · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
St Conan Pilgrim WayWalking route118 km▾
Just over 100km of walking, mostly on road but with mountain pass of Glen Noe. Walking distance about 103 km
Named routeLength 118 kmLocal walking route
Craig Lodge to CatnishWalking route8.2 km▾
Requires care and map reading. Some fences may need negotiating.
Named routeLength 8.2 kmLocal walking route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,482 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,482 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springwinter
2025▾
Goldeneye · Nuthatch · Swallow · Willow Warbler · Chaffinch +29
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- SwiftApus apus2020
- GoosanderMergus merganser2020
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2020
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · American Mink · Rabbit · Feral Cat
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- American MinkNeovison vison2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- Feral CatFelis catus2021
Slow-worm
Red Admiral · Peacock · Painted Lady · Tree Bumblebee · Aphrophora alni +4
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2023
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2023
Procumbent Pearlwort · Wild Strawberry · Polypody · Rosebay Willowherb · Wych Elm +31
- Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
- Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,482 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springwinter
2025▾
Goldeneye · Nuthatch · Swallow · Willow Warbler · Chaffinch +29
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- SwiftApus apus2020
- GoosanderMergus merganser2020
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2020
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · American Mink · Rabbit · Feral Cat
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- American MinkNeovison vison2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- Feral CatFelis catus2021
Slow-worm
Red Admiral · Peacock · Painted Lady · Tree Bumblebee · Aphrophora alni +4
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2023
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2023
Procumbent Pearlwort · Wild Strawberry · Polypody · Rosebay Willowherb · Wych Elm +31
- Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
- Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
