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Auld Hill, dun site

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📷 Raibeart MacAoidh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.70099, -4.90003

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Swallow
✦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

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Swallow
✦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

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Swallow, Herring Gull +88 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Swallow, Herring Gull +88 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Syrphus, Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis tenax +62 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Syrphus, Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis tenax +62 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bloody Crane's-bill, Scots Lovage, Red Bartsia +54 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bloody Crane's-bill, Scots Lovage, Red Bartsia +54 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Common Hemp-nettle +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Ayrshire Coastal PathWalking route170 km

Long-distance hiking route. A designated 'Scotland's Great Trail'.

Named routeLength 170 kmNational walking route

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Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 753Cycling route

Named routeRef 753National Cycle Network

Fairlie to Seamill Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route3 km

Named routeRef 753Length 3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route560 m

Named routeRef 753Length 560 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route621 m

Named routeRef 753Length 621 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

7,829 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,829 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumn

2026

Jackdaw · Buzzard · Herring Gull · Gannet · Carrion Crow +57

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
TealAnas crecca2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025

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Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects24 species

summer

2025

Syrphus · Melangyna umbellatarum · Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Mecinus collaris +19

SyrphusSyrphus
Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Mecinus collarisMecinus collaris
Geotrupes mutatorGeotrupes mutator
Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Capsus aterCapsus ater
Platycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsus
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
EristalisEristalis
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Phaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicae
Tenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferiTenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferi
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva

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Plants10 species

summer

2025

Bramble · Common Mouse-ear · Scots Lovage · Marsh Woundwort · Bloody Crane's-bill +5

BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Scots LovageLigusticum scoticum
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Bloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineum
an EyebrightEuphrasia tetraquetra
Parsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenalii
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,829 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumn

2026

Jackdaw · Buzzard · Herring Gull · Gannet · Carrion Crow +57

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
TealAnas crecca2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects24 species

summer

2025

Syrphus · Melangyna umbellatarum · Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Mecinus collaris +19

SyrphusSyrphus
Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Mecinus collarisMecinus collaris
Geotrupes mutatorGeotrupes mutator
Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Capsus aterCapsus ater
Platycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsus
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
EristalisEristalis
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Phaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicae
Tenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferiTenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferi
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva

🌿

Plants10 species

summer

2025

Bramble · Common Mouse-ear · Scots Lovage · Marsh Woundwort · Bloody Crane's-bill +5

BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Scots LovageLigusticum scoticum
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Bloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineum
an EyebrightEuphrasia tetraquetra
Parsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenalii
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Raibeart MacAoidh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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