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Cosandrochaid, dun site

✦ Ancient woodland0 ha

📷 Alan Reid · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.98327, -5.67484

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🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Canada Goose
🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Canada Goose
🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Grey Heron +89 more · last seen 2025

Ancient woodland

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Grey Heron +89 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Varies

Fungi — Crab's Eye Lichen, Lungwort Lichen, Parmotrema perlatum +56 more · last seen 2025

Insect spotting

Strong match

Free

Insects — Common Darter, Green-veined White, Large Red Damselfly +47 more · last seen 2025

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Free

Plants — Hemlock Water-dropwort, Gorse, Common Nettle +88 more · last seen 2023

Wildlife to spot

3,550 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

3,550 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds92 species

summer

2025

Mute Swan · Canada Goose · Grey Heron · Chaffinch · Hooded Crow

+87 more species

All 92 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
RedshankTringa totanus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
DunnockPrunella modularis
GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
TealAnas crecca2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Great TitParus major
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
KnotCalidris canutus2024
WigeonMareca penelope2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2023
RavenCorvus corax2024
Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2022
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022

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Mammals6 species

wintersummer

2025

Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Field Vole · Mole · Red Deer

+1 more species

All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
MoleTalpa europaea2024
Red DeerCervus elaphus2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

springsummer

2025

Common Lizard

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2023

Common Toad

🐝

Insects50 species

springsummer

2025

Common Darter · Green-veined White · Large Red Damselfly · Keeled Skimmer · Blue-tailed Damselfly

+45 more species

All 50 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023

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Fungi59 species

spring

2025

Crab's Eye Lichen · Lungwort Lichen · Parmotrema perlatum · Rhizocarpon geographicum · Xanthoria aureola

+54 more species

All 59 fungi recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Crab's Eye LichenOchrolechia parella2023
Lungwort LichenLobaria pulmonaria2023
Parmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatum2023
Rhizocarpon geographicumRhizocarpon geographicum2023
Xanthoria aureolaXanthoria aureola

🌿

Plants91 species

spring

2023

Hemlock Water-dropwort · Gorse · Common Nettle · Germander Speedwell · Common Sorrel

+86 more species

All 91 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
GorseUlex europaeus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Common SorrelRumex acetosa subsp. acetosa
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,550 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds92 species

summer

2025

Mute Swan · Canada Goose · Grey Heron · Chaffinch · Hooded Crow

+87 more species

All 92 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
RedshankTringa totanus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
DunnockPrunella modularis
GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
TealAnas crecca2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Great TitParus major
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
KnotCalidris canutus2024
WigeonMareca penelope2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2023
RavenCorvus corax2024
Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2022
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

wintersummer

2025

Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Field Vole · Mole · Red Deer

+1 more species

All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
MoleTalpa europaea2024
Red DeerCervus elaphus2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

springsummer

2025

Common Lizard

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2023

Common Toad

🐝

Insects50 species

springsummer

2025

Common Darter · Green-veined White · Large Red Damselfly · Keeled Skimmer · Blue-tailed Damselfly

+45 more species

All 50 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023

🍄

Fungi59 species

spring

2025

Crab's Eye Lichen · Lungwort Lichen · Parmotrema perlatum · Rhizocarpon geographicum · Xanthoria aureola

+54 more species

All 59 fungi recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Crab's Eye LichenOchrolechia parella2023
Lungwort LichenLobaria pulmonaria2023
Parmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatum2023
Rhizocarpon geographicumRhizocarpon geographicum2023
Xanthoria aureolaXanthoria aureola

🌿

Plants91 species

spring

2023

Hemlock Water-dropwort · Gorse · Common Nettle · Germander Speedwell · Common Sorrel

+86 more species

All 91 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
GorseUlex europaeus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Common SorrelRumex acetosa subsp. acetosa
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

19 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Alan Reid · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Field corner at Coshandrochaid

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Photos

📷 Alan Reid · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Field corner at Coshandrochaid

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🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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Cosandrochaid, dun site

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