Welcome to Invercassley Cottage

Birds and Wildlife

This area of Sutherland has a wealth of birds and wildlife around every corner, in many cases no special equipment is needed to see them. This is due in part to the virtually unspoilt nature of much of the countryside and the low level of human habitation, and in part to the unique climate enjoyed by Scotland - northerly, yet made more temperate by the effects of the Gulf Stream.

Remember to keep your eyes open and to look all around. Below we have listed the sightings made by ourselves and other visitors to the cottage. Things seen from the cottage have all been viewed from the window of the sunlounge, either in the garden or in the floodplain in front of the cottage. Wildlife in the area tends to be fairly local to the cottage with the furthest sighting on the list no more than an hour and a half drive from the cottage. Exact locations of the sightings can be found in the visitor guide at the cottage.

Birds seen at the cottage

Barnacle Goose, Black Headed Gull, Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tits, Bullfinches, Buzzard, Chaffinches, Coal Tit, Collard Dove, Crested Tits, Crows, Cuckoo, Curlew, Dunnock, Fieldfare, Flycatcher, French Partridge, Goldcrest, Goldfinches, Great Tit, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinches, Greenshank, Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, Greylag Geese, Hen Harrier (male and female), Herring Gull, House Sparrows, Kestrel, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Lapwing, Long Tailed Tits, Magpie, Mallards, Merlin, Mistle Thrush, Osprey, Oystercatchers, Pheasant (male and female), Pink Footed Goose, Ravens, Redwing, Robin, Rooks, Sand Martins, Common Sandpiper, Siskin, Snipe, Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk (male and female), Swallows, Treecreeper, White Fronted Geese, White Tailed Sea Eagle (juvenile wing tagged Red No 4), Pied Wagtails, Whooper Swan, Widgeon, Wren

Wildlife seen at cottage

Bats, Butterflies, Common Seal, Common Vole, Damson fly, Dragonfly and larvae, Field Vole, Frogs, Hare, Mink or Pine Marten (not conclusive sighting), Newts, Otter, Rabbits, Sika Deer, Stoat, Stoat in ermine, Toads, Weasel, Wood Mouse.

Birds Seen In The Area

Arctic Skua, Artic Terns, Barn Owls, Barrows Golden Eye, Black Grouse (Black Cock), Black Guillemots, Black Throated Divers, Blue Tit, Bullfinches, Buzzards, Capercaillie, Chaffinches, Chough, Coal Tit, Common Gull, Common Scoter, Common Terns, Cormorants, Crossbills, Cuckoos, Curlew, Dabchick, Dipper, Eider, Fieldfares, Fulmar, Gannets, Goldcrest, Golden Eagles, Golden Plovers, Goldfinches, Goosander, Goshawk, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Greylag Geese, Guillemots, Various gull species, Hen Harrier, Herons, Hooded Crows, Jackdaws, Kestrel, Kittiwake, Lapwing, Little Grebe, Long Tailed Tit, Manx Shearwater, Meadow Pipits, Merlin, Mistle Thrushes, Northern Divers, Ospreys, Oystercatchers, Peregrines, Pink Footed Goose, Puffins, Ravens, Razorbills, Red Breasted Mergansers, Red Grouse, Red Kites, Red Throated Diver, Redshank, Redstart, Robin, Sand Martins, Sanderling, Sandpipers, Shags, Shelduck, Short Eared Owls, Siskin, Skylark, Snipe, Snow Bunting, Sparrowhawks, Stonechats, Swallows, Terns, TreeCreeper, Tufted Duck, Wheatears, White Tailed Sea Eagle, juvenile White Tailed Sea Eagle (white wing tags), Widgeon, Woodcock, Wren, Yellow Wagtails

Wildlife Seen In The Area

Badger, Basking Newts, Common Seals, Dolphin, Common Voles, Fox, Frogs Grey Seals, Lizards, Otter, Pine Marten, Porpoises,Red deer, Roe Deer, Salmon, Sika Deer, Toads, Wild Goats and Water Voles.

Lots of pictures in the Photo Gallery