Places to Visit for Wildlife and Landscape - Caithness

The Caithness Biodiversity Collection
Iain Sarjeant

Name: Latheronwheel Harbour and Woodland Walk

Habitat type: Coast & woodland

What can I see there?

The small harbour at Latheronwheel is a picturesque spot from which to view the coast. A sea stack can be seen just to the south of the harbour. Over a long period, the constant pounding by the sea has eroded the softer parts of the cliff and this rock pillar is all that remains of what was once part of the mainland.

From the harbour there is an easy walk up the strath through a mixture of natural and planted woodland which – like many of the Caithness woods – includes species not native to Scotland, such as beech and sycamore. It is possible to see roe deer, sparrowhawk, tawny owl and, on summer evenings, pipistrelle bats hunting insects. Woodland plants include wood anemone, wood spurge, lords and ladies, herb Robert, dog rose, burnet rose and the salmonberry, a relative of the raspberry, which has been introduced from Canada and is now naturalised in many parts of Britain.

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