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Ballochroy Standing Stones

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📷 Steve Partridge · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🍄Mushroom 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
🍄Mushroom 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

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🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Slavonian Grebe, Common Scoter, Meadow Pipit +84 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Slavonian Grebe, Common Scoter, Meadow Pipit +84 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Netted Shield Lichen, Sycamore Tarspot, Deceiver +36 more · last seen 2023; Fungi — Netted Shield Lichen, Sycamore Tarspot, Deceiver +36 more · last seen 2023

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Purple-loosestrife, Hart's-Tongue, Butterbur +187 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Purple-loosestrife, Hart's-Tongue, Butterbur +187 more · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Dandelion, Common Nettle, Bramble +21 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Scotch Argus, Peacock, Meadow Brown +35 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Scotch Argus, Peacock, Meadow Brown +35 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Kintyre WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

1,624 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,624 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

summer

2025

Raven · Swallow · Meadow Pipit · Goldfinch · Robin +47

RavenCorvus corax
SwallowHirundo rustica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common GullLarus canus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
EiderSomateria mollissima
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerwinter

2023

Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Red Squirrel · Red Fox

Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects24 species

springsummer

2025

Sericomyia silentis · Peacock · Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Palloptera saltuum +19

Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
PeacockAglais io2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
Palloptera saltuumPalloptera saltuum2024

🍄

Fungi6 species

spring

2023

Netted Shield Lichen · Ramalina farinacea · Ramalina cuspidata · Crab's Eye Lichen · Common Orange Lichen +1

Netted Shield LichenParmelia sulcata
Ramalina farinaceaRamalina farinacea
Ramalina cuspidataRamalina cuspidata
Crab's Eye LichenOchrolechia parella
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
Parmotrema crinitumParmotrema crinitum

🌿

Plants69 species

spring

2023

Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Wall-rue · Cow Parsley · Coltsfoot +64

Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,624 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

summer

2025

Raven · Swallow · Meadow Pipit · Goldfinch · Robin +47

RavenCorvus corax
SwallowHirundo rustica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common GullLarus canus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
EiderSomateria mollissima
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerwinter

2023

Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Red Squirrel · Red Fox

Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects24 species

springsummer

2025

Sericomyia silentis · Peacock · Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Palloptera saltuum +19

Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
PeacockAglais io2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
Palloptera saltuumPalloptera saltuum2024

🍄

Fungi6 species

spring

2023

Netted Shield Lichen · Ramalina farinacea · Ramalina cuspidata · Crab's Eye Lichen · Common Orange Lichen +1

Netted Shield LichenParmelia sulcata
Ramalina farinaceaRamalina farinacea
Ramalina cuspidataRamalina cuspidata
Crab's Eye LichenOchrolechia parella
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
Parmotrema crinitumParmotrema crinitum

🌿

Plants69 species

spring

2023

Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Wall-rue · Cow Parsley · Coltsfoot +64

Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Steve Partridge · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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