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Babgie Cairn

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📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome0 ha

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54.87974, -4.34269

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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

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Curlew, Shelduck, Oystercatcher +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Curlew, Shelduck, Oystercatcher +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Dark Giant Horsefly, Eristalis · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Dark Giant Horsefly, Eristalis · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Common Smoothcap, Fox-tail Feather-moss, Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss +2 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Common Smoothcap, Fox-tail Feather-moss, Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss +2 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 73Cycling route

Named routeRef 73National Cycle Network

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route9.4 km

Named routeRef 83Length 9.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route852 m

Named routeRef 7Length 852 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route9.4 km

Named routeRef 7Length 9.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

9,541 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,541 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winterautumn

2025

Oystercatcher · Curlew · Greenshank · Wigeon · Redshank +47

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
GreenshankTringa nebularia
WigeonMareca penelope2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
KnotCalidris canutus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023

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Mammals8 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Badger · Stoat +3

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles
StoatMustela erminea2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

wintersummer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

Red-legged Shieldbug · Dark Giant Horsefly

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,541 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winterautumn

2025

Oystercatcher · Curlew · Greenshank · Wigeon · Redshank +47

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
GreenshankTringa nebularia
WigeonMareca penelope2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
KnotCalidris canutus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023

🦌

Mammals8 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Badger · Stoat +3

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles
StoatMustela erminea2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

wintersummer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

Red-legged Shieldbug · Dark Giant Horsefly

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🦉Wigtown BayNature reserve3.8 km→⛪Church of St JosephReligious grounds3.3 km→⛪Kirkmabreck Parish ChurchReligious grounds3 km→✦Standing Stone of BagbieHistoric site200 m→✦Carsluith CastleHistoric site2.3 km→⚽Castle Cary ParkPlaying field3.1 km→

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