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Battle of Largs Monument

📷 Raibeart MacAoidh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.77911, -4.85950

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
✦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

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
✦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· Free

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Herb-Robert, Canadian Fleabane, Elder +5 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Herb-Robert, Canadian Fleabane, Elder +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark Giant Horsefly · last seen 2025; Insects — Dark Giant Horsefly · last seen 2025

Free

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

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Fairlie to Seamill Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

9,493 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,493 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

summer

2025

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Jackdaw +45

MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
DunnockPrunella modularis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GannetMorus bassanus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Common GullLarus canus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RookCorvus frugilegus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
RazorbillAlca torda
SwiftApus apus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis

🦌

Mammals8 species

summer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Brown Rat +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Dark Giant Horsefly

Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus

🌿

Plants2 species

summerautumn

2025

Canadian Fleabane · Elder

Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
ElderSambucus nigra

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,493 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

summer

2025

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Jackdaw +45

MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
DunnockPrunella modularis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GannetMorus bassanus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Common GullLarus canus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RookCorvus frugilegus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
RazorbillAlca torda
SwiftApus apus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis

🦌

Mammals8 species

summer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Brown Rat +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Dark Giant Horsefly

Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus

🌿

Plants2 species

summerautumn

2025

Canadian Fleabane · Elder

Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
ElderSambucus nigra

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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