1. - see if you can spot the lapwings and golden plovers that are often in the ploughed field to the south of the entrance track, it takes sharp eyes.
2. - look out for the beautiful star moss (scientific name Polytrichum) alongside the boardwalk. You could even pull a few strands and see if you can plat them together. Hundreds of years ago people came onto the moss to collect star moss to plat it into string and thin rope.
3. - catch a leaf - if you catch one that has blown straight off a tree you can make a wish.
4. - have a look at the patch work of sphagnum in the wet bits by the boardwalk. As the colours drain out of other plants the sphagnum seems to glow even brighter.
5. - get cold and wet, then you have your justification to go up to Kippen for coffee and cake or home for something stronger !
