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Ardilistry, dun site

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📷 Becky Williamson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.65982, -6.06065

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Pied Wagtail, Blackbird +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Pied Wagtail, Blackbird +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, Common Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly +174 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Common Darter, Common Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly +174 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Fleecy Milkcap, Peppery Milkcap, Rooting Shank +2 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Fleecy Milkcap, Peppery Milkcap, Rooting Shank +2 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — encrusting algae indet., Narrow-Leaved Eelgrass, Dark red crusts +1 more · last seen 2016; Plants — encrusting algae indet., Narrow-Leaved Eelgrass, Dark red crusts +1 more · last seen 2016

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Distilleries PathwayWalking route5.5 km

Named routeLength 5.5 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Distilleries PathwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,581 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,581 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

spring

2025

Red-breasted Merganser · Robin · Cormorant · Great Black-backed Gull · Pied Wagtail +23

Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
CurlewNumenius arquata
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ShagGulosus aristotelis
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Common GullLarus canus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2025

Red Deer · Fallow Deer · Harbour Seal · Grey Seal

Red DeerCervus elaphus
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2023

🐝

Insects70 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Common Darter · Common Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser +65

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Yellow HornedAchlya flavicornis
Early GreyXylocampa areola
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2023
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2023
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2023
Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2023
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2023
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2023
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2023
Nicrophorus investigatorNicrophorus investigator2023
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Limnephilus centralisLimnephilus centralis
Plectrocnemia conspersaPlectrocnemia conspersa
Tinodes waeneriTinodes waeneri
Polycentropus flavomaculatusPolycentropus flavomaculatus
Limnephilus borealisLimnephilus borealis
Agrypnia variaAgrypnia varia
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Tachina ursinaTachina ursina
Pale PinionLithophane socia
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
Early Tooth-stripedTrichopteryx carpinata
Pale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosaria
Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla
Dotted BorderAgriopis marginaria
Northern Diamond-backRhigognostis incarnatella
Red ChestnutCerastis rubricosa
ChestnutConistra vaccinii
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2023
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2023
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2023
August ThornEnnomos quercinaria2023
Rhipidia maculataRhipidia maculata2023
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2023
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2023
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
Shore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralis2023
Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus2023
VestalRhodometra sacraria2023
Hoary PlumePlatyptilia isodactylus2023
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2023
Spruce CarpetThera britannica2023
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2023
Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2023
Narrow-winged GreyEudonia angustea2023
Pale EggarTrichiura crataegi2023
Small GreyEudonia mercurella2023
Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea2023
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2023
Acleris laterana/comarianaAcleris laterana/comariana2023
Honeysuckle MothYpsolopha dentella2023
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Twenty-plume MothAlucita hexadactyla2023
Brown China-markElophila nymphaeata2023
Dark Marbled CarpetDysstroma citrata2023
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2023
Welsh WaveVenusia cambrica2023

🍄

Fungi1 species

autumn

2025

Fleecy Milkcap

Fleecy MilkcapLactarius vellereus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,581 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

spring

2025

Red-breasted Merganser · Robin · Cormorant · Great Black-backed Gull · Pied Wagtail +23

Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
CurlewNumenius arquata
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ShagGulosus aristotelis
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Common GullLarus canus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2025

Red Deer · Fallow Deer · Harbour Seal · Grey Seal

Red DeerCervus elaphus
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2023

🐝

Insects70 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Common Darter · Common Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser +65

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Yellow HornedAchlya flavicornis
Early GreyXylocampa areola
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2023
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2023
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2023
Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2023
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2023
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2023
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2023
Nicrophorus investigatorNicrophorus investigator2023
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Limnephilus centralisLimnephilus centralis
Plectrocnemia conspersaPlectrocnemia conspersa
Tinodes waeneriTinodes waeneri
Polycentropus flavomaculatusPolycentropus flavomaculatus
Limnephilus borealisLimnephilus borealis
Agrypnia variaAgrypnia varia
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Tachina ursinaTachina ursina
Pale PinionLithophane socia
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
Early Tooth-stripedTrichopteryx carpinata
Pale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosaria
Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla
Dotted BorderAgriopis marginaria
Northern Diamond-backRhigognostis incarnatella
Red ChestnutCerastis rubricosa
ChestnutConistra vaccinii
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2023
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2023
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2023
August ThornEnnomos quercinaria2023
Rhipidia maculataRhipidia maculata2023
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2023
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2023
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
Shore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralis2023
Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus2023
VestalRhodometra sacraria2023
Hoary PlumePlatyptilia isodactylus2023
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2023
Spruce CarpetThera britannica2023
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2023
Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2023
Narrow-winged GreyEudonia angustea2023
Pale EggarTrichiura crataegi2023
Small GreyEudonia mercurella2023
Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea2023
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2023
Acleris laterana/comarianaAcleris laterana/comariana2023
Honeysuckle MothYpsolopha dentella2023
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Twenty-plume MothAlucita hexadactyla2023
Brown China-markElophila nymphaeata2023
Dark Marbled CarpetDysstroma citrata2023
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2023
Welsh WaveVenusia cambrica2023

🍄

Fungi1 species

autumn

2025

Fleecy Milkcap

Fleecy MilkcapLactarius vellereus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Becky Williamson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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