About
A practical midge-planning tool for Scotland
BiteForecast is built for people trying to make better real-world decisions about Scottish midges, especially before a road trip, walk, campsite stop, or evening outdoors.
What the site does
BiteForecast combines two useful layers: planning pages for well-known Highland destinations and a live calculator for checking current conditions on the day itself.
The planning pages explain broad seasonal patterns, terrain effects, and the kinds of places that often feel worse than the headline weather suggests. The live calculator then weighs weather inputs such as wind, humidity, and time of day to give a more current nuisance estimate.
Who it is for
Visitors planning Highland trips, campers choosing where to stop, walkers timing routes, and anyone trying to avoid a miserable still evening near water.
The site is written in plain language on purpose. It is meant to be useful even if you are not a weather expert.
What it is not
BiteForecast is not an official weather service, a pest-control authority, or a guarantee that any specific stop will feel comfortable.
Local shelter, damp ground, loch edges, woodland cover, and fast-changing weather can all make real conditions feel better or worse than a broad forecast suggests.
How to use BiteForecast well
- Start with a destination guide to understand the usual seasonal pattern.
- Use the live calculator close to departure time or before a stop.
- Favour exposed, breezier ground when conditions look marginal.
- Keep practical kit secondary to location choice and timing, not the other way round.
Editorial approach
The aim is to stay helpful, specific, and honest. Pages are written to inform users first, not to pad thin content or force product decisions.
Where the site includes advertising or affiliate links, those are intended to remain secondary to the core utility of the planning and forecast content.
If you need to report a problem, suggest an update, or ask a policy question, please use the contact page.