Wildlife at Greenwood Retreat
If you are a keen ornithologist and nature lover, you do not need to venture far from your cottage and the trails that weave through Greenwood Retreat.
Feel free to bring your trail cameras, night cameras, or wildlife hide tents to enjoy and capture what you see.
Local Wildlife and boat tours are very popular.
Land
Red deer, roe deer, red squirrels, badgers and pine martens all frequent the forest and hillside at Greenwood Retreat.
Our closest neighbours are handsome Highland cows and sheep.
Dusk and dawn are especially good times for spotting.
The cheeky pine martens enjoy almost daily rounds to our bird feeders at the cottages!
Sea
Elusive otters are often seen in our bays, enjoying some local seafood.
Inquisitive seals like to check-out guests walking or paddling along the shoreline. When they are not doing that, they often compete for the best rock resting spot!
Minke whales, orcas, basking sharks, dolphins, and porpoises frequent Loch Sunart and the Sound of Mull. Bring a kayak and launch from our beach or book onto a boat wildlife tour.
Sky
There is a wealth of bird species who visit the garden and gounds; yellow hammers, warblers, reed buntings, song thrushes and goldfinches, to name but a few.
Each cottage has a bird table with food supplied to encourage close-up encounters with these feathered friends.
Higher up, on the hills behind the cottages, you will hear skylarks singing over their domain.
Keep watch for golden eagles, white-tailed eagles and buzzards ascending and descending effortlessly on the thermals above the cottages.
Or book one of the local boat trips and see even more!
Loch Shiel cruises are especially good for white-tailed eagles, Staffa Tours for puffins, and Ardnamurchan Charters for eagles and sea life.
