A small group of local people have been studying and mapping the lichens in Culag woods for several years. They have produced this leaflet to introduce you to six of the special lichens of Culag Wood. They are part of the Lobarion family. This group are of European importance and Culag wood and Assynt in general is a stronghold for them in Scotland.
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Recent Sightings
Grasshopper Warbler
single 'reeling' bird, Little Assynt Tree Nursery (Val Badger) (24/04)
Blackcap
single singing male at beginning of path to Kirkaig Falls, Inverkirkaig (Gwen Richards) (24/04)
Speckled Wood butterfly
two butterflies on Torbreck croft (Gwen Richards) (24/04)
Stoat
single animal climbing up house drainpipe, Clachtoll (Susie Bower-Browng) (24/04)
Cuckoo
two birds seen and heard Drumbeg peat road (DAH) (23/04)
Chiffchaff
single bird singing Cnoc Glas, Drumbeg (DAH) (23/04)
Black-spotted longhorn beetle (Rhagium mordax)
single in Achmelvich garden (Richard Evans) (22/04)
Palmate Newt
two in Loch Leathad a'Phris Droighinn, Clachtoll (Ian Evans and Gwen Richards). One of these was a male in breeding condition. (22/04)