Highland Explorer — Kids' Nature Treasure Hunt

Summer Highlands May–Sep (25 things to find) Skye Special Jun–Aug (8 things to find)

Medium

Puffin on Skye

Birds

Puffins nest on grassy clifftops around Skye's dramatic coastline in early summer.

Rubha Hunish (northernmost tip of Skye)

20 points

Easy

Basalt Columns

⛰️ Landscapes

The Kilt Rock on Skye's Trotternish coast is a spectacular cliff of vertical basalt columns that look like the pleats of a tartan kilt.

Kilt Rock viewpoint, Trotternish Peninsula

10 points

Easy

Highland Cow on Skye

Animals

Shaggy Highland cows are a common sight on Skye's single-track roads.

Roadside fields throughout Skye

10 points

Easy

Fairy Pools

⛰️ Landscapes

The extraordinary turquoise-blue pools fed by waterfalls cascading from the Black Cuillin mountains.

Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye

10 points

Easy

Bog Cotton on Skye

Plants

Fluffy white seed heads dancing in the wind on Skye's boggy moorland.

Moorland throughout Skye

5 points

Rare

Sea Otter

Marine

Skye's sheltered sea lochs and kelp-covered shores are one of the best places in Britain to see otters.

Kyleakin, Broadford Bay, Loch Slapin shoreline

30 points

Medium

Old Man of Storr

⛰️ Landscapes

The iconic 50-metre pinnacle of rock on the Trotternish Ridge — one of the most recognised landscapes in Scotland.

Trotternish Ridge, north of Portree

15 points

Easy

Thrift (Sea Pink)

Plants

Clusters of bright pink flowers on cushion-forming plants that grow right on the edge of sea cliffs. One of Scotland's most cheerful coastal wildflowers.

Any rocky coastline on Skye — Neist Point is particularly good

10 points

Highland Explorer — Nature Hunt