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The United Church of Bute

📷 Thomas Nugent · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.82785, -5.05835

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 314m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 314m away — 2 car parks within reach

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Cormorant +96 more · last seen 2025

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Cormorant +96 more · last seen 2025

Dog walks

Good match

Free

Dogs allowed with public access

Churchyard walks

Good match

Free

Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection

Insect spotting

Good match

Free

Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Twin-lobed Deerfly, Tree Bumblebee +6 more · last seen 2025

Hiking

Good match

Free

Named hiking route nearby: Bute Path Network; Named hiking route nearby: Bute Path Network

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

West Island WayWalking route48 km▾

Named routeLength 48 kmNational walking route

Bute Path NetworkWalking route▾

Named routeLocal walking route

Bute Pilgrimage Route - St BlaneWalking route▾

A walking pathway with accompanying notes to aid Christian reflection

Named routeRef 1Local walking route

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Cycling

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1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Bute Cycle NetworkCycling route▾

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

7,660 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

7,660 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds99 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Mallard · Mute Swan · Cormorant · Herring Gull · Grey Heron

+94 more species

All 99 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WigeonMareca penelope
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TealAnas crecca
JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common GullLarus canus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
ShagGulosus aristotelis
SwallowHirundo rustica
SwiftApus apus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CurlewNumenius arquata
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Great White EgretArdea alba
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
RedshankTringa totanus
Rock DoveColumba livia
MagpiePica pica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
GannetMorus bassanus
RookCorvus frugilegus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
CootFulica atra2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
CuckooCuculus canorus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RavenCorvus corax2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
GadwallMareca strepera
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2022
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2021
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Common GuillemotUria aalge
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2023
Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2021
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021

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Mammals4 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Hedgehog · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare

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Reptiles1 species

summer

2023

Slow-worm

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Amphibians2 species

summer

2021

Common Toad · Common Frog

🐝

Insects9 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Twin-lobed Deerfly · Tree Bumblebee · Meliscaeva auricollis · Common Hawker

+4 more species

All 9 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024

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Plants1 species

summer

2020

Japanese Knotweed

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,660 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds99 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Mallard · Mute Swan · Cormorant · Herring Gull · Grey Heron

+94 more species

All 99 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WigeonMareca penelope
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TealAnas crecca
JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common GullLarus canus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
ShagGulosus aristotelis
SwallowHirundo rustica
SwiftApus apus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CurlewNumenius arquata
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Great White EgretArdea alba
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
RedshankTringa totanus
Rock DoveColumba livia
MagpiePica pica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
GannetMorus bassanus
RookCorvus frugilegus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
CootFulica atra2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
CuckooCuculus canorus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RavenCorvus corax2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
GadwallMareca strepera
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2022
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2021
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Common GuillemotUria aalge
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2023
Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2021
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021

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Mammals4 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Hedgehog · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2023

Slow-worm

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summer

2021

Common Toad · Common Frog

🐝

Insects9 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Twin-lobed Deerfly · Tree Bumblebee · Meliscaeva auricollis · Common Hawker

+4 more species

All 9 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024

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Plants1 species

summer

2020

Japanese Knotweed

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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📷 Thomas Nugent · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Parking

2 nearby · Free · 314m

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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