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Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth Forest Park
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth Forest Park navigation
Spot wildlife at The Lodge Forest Visitor Centre
This is a great place to watch and find out more about the wildlife in the forest park. The red squirrel hide is easy to get to, with regular sightings of squirrels, birds and the occasional pine marten. We also have a camera feed in the Lodge. The live and recorded footage includes shots of ospreys, red squirrels, water voles, barn owls and woodland birds.
Dusk and dawn are the best times to spot wildlife. Head to Strathyre for red squirrels and deer, and listen for shrieking jays and the mewing of buzzards.
Seeing red: deer, squirrels and kites
Take theThree Lochs Forest Drive or follow a trail through Loch Ard and you might glimpse red and roe deer and red squirrels amongst the trees. Look and listen for a host of woodland birds as well as birds of prey. Red kites are sometimes seen circling overhead and, in summer, ospreys fish on the lochs.
