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Ballyroney Mound

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📷 Kenneth Allen · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Rook
✦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

🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Rook
✦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

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Tit, Rook, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2023; Birds — Great Tit, Rook, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2023

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Canadian Waterweed, Chiloscyphus polyanthos, Greater Water-moss +19 more · last seen 2012; Plants — Canadian Waterweed, Chiloscyphus polyanthos, Greater Water-moss +19 more · last seen 2012

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, Elephant Hawk-moth, Small Tortoiseshell +3 more · last seen 2022; Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, Elephant Hawk-moth, Small Tortoiseshell +3 more · last seen 2022

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Scotch Rock PadWalking route

Named route

The Green RoadWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Moat PadWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

224 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

224 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

spring

2023

Magpie · Robin · Chaffinch · Rook · Starling +51

MagpiePica pica2014
RobinErithacus rubecula2014
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2014
RookCorvus frugilegus2014
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2014
Great TitParus major2014
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2014
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2014
BlackbirdTurdus merula2014
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2014
Coal TitPeriparus ater2014
JackdawColoeus monedula2014
House SparrowPasser domesticus2014
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2014
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2014
GreenfinchChloris chloris2012
DunnockPrunella modularis2012
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2018
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2017
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2014
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2014
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2012
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2012
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2010
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2010
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2014
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2014
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2014
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2014
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2012
SwallowHirundo rustica2010
SiskinSpinus spinus2010
WhitethroatCurruca communis2010
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2010
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
WoodpeckerPicidae2022
SwiftApus apus2022
DipperCinclus cinclus2014
Herring GullLarus argentatus2014
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2014
Rock DoveColumba livia2014
Mute SwanCygnus olor2014
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2014
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2014
SnipeGallinago gallinago2013
Stock DoveColumba oenas2012
House MartinDelichon urbicum2010
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2010
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2010
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2010
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2010
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2010
LapwingVanellus vanellus2010
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2010
LinnetLinaria cannabina2010
RedwingTurdus iliacus2010

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2024

Badger · Pygmy Shrew

BadgerMeles meles
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2019

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2022

22-spot Ladybird · Elephant Hawk-moth · Small Tortoiseshell · Painted Lady · Peacock +1

22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019

🌿

Plants22 species

autumn

2012

Canadian Waterweed · Unbranched Bur-reed · Kneiff's Feather-moss · Cladophora glomerata · Chiloscyphus polyanthos +17

Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis
Unbranched Bur-reedSparganium emersum
Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium
Cladophora glomerataCladophora glomerata
Chiloscyphus polyanthosChiloscyphus polyanthos
Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Water-StarwortCallitriche
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Brook-side Feather-mossHygroamblystegium fluviatile
Hildenbrandia rivularisHildenbrandia rivularis
BatrachospermumBatrachospermum
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
Common DuckweedLemna minor
Alternate Water-milfoilMyriophyllum alterniflorum
Ranunculus spp. (water-crowfoots)Ranunculus spp. (water-crowfoots)
Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea
Alpine Water-mossFontinalis squamosa
Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

224 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

spring

2023

Magpie · Robin · Chaffinch · Rook · Starling +51

MagpiePica pica2014
RobinErithacus rubecula2014
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2014
RookCorvus frugilegus2014
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2014
Great TitParus major2014
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2014
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2014
BlackbirdTurdus merula2014
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2014
Coal TitPeriparus ater2014
JackdawColoeus monedula2014
House SparrowPasser domesticus2014
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2014
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2014
GreenfinchChloris chloris2012
DunnockPrunella modularis2012
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2018
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2017
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2014
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2014
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2012
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2012
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2010
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2010
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2014
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2014
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2014
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2014
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2012
SwallowHirundo rustica2010
SiskinSpinus spinus2010
WhitethroatCurruca communis2010
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2010
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
WoodpeckerPicidae2022
SwiftApus apus2022
DipperCinclus cinclus2014
Herring GullLarus argentatus2014
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2014
Rock DoveColumba livia2014
Mute SwanCygnus olor2014
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2014
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2014
SnipeGallinago gallinago2013
Stock DoveColumba oenas2012
House MartinDelichon urbicum2010
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2010
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2010
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2010
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2010
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2010
LapwingVanellus vanellus2010
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2010
LinnetLinaria cannabina2010
RedwingTurdus iliacus2010

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2024

Badger · Pygmy Shrew

BadgerMeles meles
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2019

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2022

22-spot Ladybird · Elephant Hawk-moth · Small Tortoiseshell · Painted Lady · Peacock +1

22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019

🌿

Plants22 species

autumn

2012

Canadian Waterweed · Unbranched Bur-reed · Kneiff's Feather-moss · Cladophora glomerata · Chiloscyphus polyanthos +17

Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis
Unbranched Bur-reedSparganium emersum
Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium
Cladophora glomerataCladophora glomerata
Chiloscyphus polyanthosChiloscyphus polyanthos
Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Water-StarwortCallitriche
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Brook-side Feather-mossHygroamblystegium fluviatile
Hildenbrandia rivularisHildenbrandia rivularis
BatrachospermumBatrachospermum
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
Common DuckweedLemna minor
Alternate Water-milfoilMyriophyllum alterniflorum
Ranunculus spp. (water-crowfoots)Ranunculus spp. (water-crowfoots)
Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea
Alpine Water-mossFontinalis squamosa
Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Kenneth Allen · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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