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55.76128, -6.43763

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging 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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Herring Gull, Hooded Crow +88 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Herring Gull, Hooded Crow +88 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +63 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +63 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Marsh Willowherb, Wild Angelica, Jointed Rush +234 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Marsh Willowherb, Wild Angelica, Jointed Rush +234 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Two-horned Pincerwort, Great Scented Liverwort +9 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Loch Indaal WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Loch Indaal WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,969 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,969 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hooded Crow · Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull · Stonechat · Meadow Pipit +47

Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common GullLarus canus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
GannetMorus bassanus
RavenCorvus corax
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
CurlewNumenius arquata
SanderlingCalidris alba
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SwallowHirundo rustica
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
JackdawColoeus monedula
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
SiskinSpinus spinus
EiderSomateria mollissima
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Hawker · Four-spotted Chaser +1

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Black DarterSympetrum danae2024

🌿

Plants35 species

summer

2024

Prickly Featherwort · Dilated Scalewort · Pale Thread-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Pearl Pouncewort +30

Prickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosa
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Pale Thread-mossBryum pallens
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Pearl PouncewortLejeunea patens
Pict-mossHygrohypnum luridum
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Variable Crisp-mossTrichostomum brachydontium
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Rufous Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum ferruginascens
St Winifrid's MossChiloscyphus polyanthos
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Didymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceusDidymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceus
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Campylium stellatumCampylium stellatum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata
Weissia brachycarpa var. obliquaWeissia brachycarpa var. obliqua
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum
Broad ScalewortPorella obtusata
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Mueller's PouchwortCalypogeia muelleriana
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
Smaller Lattice-mossCinclidotus fontinaloides
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Hair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophylla
Rough EarwortScapania aspera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,969 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hooded Crow · Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull · Stonechat · Meadow Pipit +47

Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common GullLarus canus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
GannetMorus bassanus
RavenCorvus corax
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
CurlewNumenius arquata
SanderlingCalidris alba
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SwallowHirundo rustica
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
JackdawColoeus monedula
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
SiskinSpinus spinus
EiderSomateria mollissima
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Hawker · Four-spotted Chaser +1

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Black DarterSympetrum danae2024

🌿

Plants35 species

summer

2024

Prickly Featherwort · Dilated Scalewort · Pale Thread-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Pearl Pouncewort +30

Prickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosa
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Pale Thread-mossBryum pallens
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Pearl PouncewortLejeunea patens
Pict-mossHygrohypnum luridum
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Variable Crisp-mossTrichostomum brachydontium
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Rufous Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum ferruginascens
St Winifrid's MossChiloscyphus polyanthos
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Didymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceusDidymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceus
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Campylium stellatumCampylium stellatum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata
Weissia brachycarpa var. obliquaWeissia brachycarpa var. obliqua
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum
Broad ScalewortPorella obtusata
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Mueller's PouchwortCalypogeia muelleriana
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
Smaller Lattice-mossCinclidotus fontinaloides
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Hair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophylla
Rough EarwortScapania aspera