Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve

A stroll along the boardwalk at NatureScot's Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve takes you into a remote and water-logged land. All year, the mosses create a carpet of reds, oranges and greens. In spring and summer, seas of bog cotton wave in the breeze and the Moss is noisy with the calls of nesting birds. Frogs and toads jump in and out of pools and lizards bask on the boardwalk. In August, heather adds its purple to the vivid moss greens, while the calls of geese and swans break the stillness of dusk in winter.

Visit in May-June for plants and autumn-winter for birds of prey and geese.

The 900 metre boardwalk is accessible for all with everyday shoes.

Flanders Moss car park is 10 miles west of Stirling. Take the signed track off the B222, 2 miles south of Thornhill. The car park is also the starting point for the 'Tour de Carse', a 21 mile car journey through ancient time. There are pit stops at Kippen and at Thornhill, where there is an accessible toilet, open from April to September. For more information see: https://www.nature.scot/flanders-moss-national-nature-reserve-land-water-tour-de-carse