Flora & Fauna
Birds
Peatland is an internationally rare wetland habitat which supports populations of important breeding, migratory and over-wintering birds.
You may see the following birds on this scenic trail:
White tailed sea eagle, golden eagle, hen harrier, raven, snipe and jack snipe, golden plover, stonechat, skylark, red grouse, passing whimbrel (usually May), fulmars, gulls, shags, cormorants, gannets, oyster catchers, guillemots, black guillemots and razorbills.
Cetaceans
Look out for Orca whales, minke whales, rissos dolphins, white sided Atlantic dolphins and bottlenose dolphins.
You may also spot grey seals and common seals. Photo credit Ali Finlayson
Flowers
Scattered across the moor, you may find seapinks, wild primroses, bell heather, cross leaved heath, common milkwort, bog cotton, lady smock/cuckoo flower, crowberries, fern, heath bed straw, tormentil, common lousewort, golden rod and creeping thyme. Photo credit Colin Morrison