Battle of Saintfield (1798)
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🦉 Wildlife🍄 Fungi🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome
Places › Northern Ireland › Newry, Mourne and Down Getting here
54.46592, -5.82766
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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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Snowy Waxcap, Meadow Coral, Ballerina +67 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Snowy Waxcap, Meadow Coral, Ballerina +67 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Red Mason Bee, Common Marbled Carpet +309 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Red Mason Bee, Common Marbled Carpet +309 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Swift, Starling, Goldfinch +33 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Starling, Goldfinch +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Polypody, Greater Butterfly-orchid +18 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bluebell, Polypody, Greater Butterfly-orchid +18 more · last seen 2026
Free
Photos J4059 : The Comber Road, Saintfield (October 2015)
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Wildlife to spot
4,118 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,118 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackcap · Collared Dove · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Chaffinch +25
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2022 Blackbird Turdus merula2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2022 Robin Erithacus rubecula2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2022 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Great Tit Parus major2022 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2022 Rook Corvus frugilegus2022 Magpie Pica pica2022 Coal Tit Periparus ater2022 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2022 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2022 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2022 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2022 Jay Garrulus glandarius Swift Apus apus2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2022 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2022 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2022 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Badger · Hedgehog
Badger Meles meles Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 🐝 Insects 77 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Red Mason Bee · Hoverfly · Aphid · Black Carrion Beetle · Early Thorn +72
Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis Hoverfly Syrphidae2023 Aphid Aphididae2023 Black Carrion Beetle Phosphuga atrata2023 Early Thorn Selenia dentaria Chinese Character Cilix glaucata Elfin Saddle · Beige Coral · Yellow Club · Cap Cŵyr Gludiog · Crazed Cap +5
Elfin Saddle Helvella lacunosa Beige Coral Clavulinopsis umbrinella Yellow Club Clavulinopsis helvola Cap Cŵyr Gludiog Hygrocybe glutinipes Crazed Cap Dermoloma cuneifolium Meadow Coral Clavulinopsis corniculata Blackening Waxcap Polypody · Rusty-Back Fern · Hart's-Tongue · Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort
Polypody Polypodium vulgare Rusty-Back Fern Asplenium ceterach2025 Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2025 Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria2025 Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,118 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackcap · Collared Dove · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Chaffinch +25
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2022 Blackbird Turdus merula2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2022 Robin Erithacus rubecula2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2022 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Great Tit Parus major2022 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2022 Rook Corvus frugilegus2022 Magpie Pica pica2022 Coal Tit Periparus ater2022 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2022 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2022 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2022 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2022 Jay Garrulus glandarius Swift Apus apus2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2022 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2022 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2022 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Badger · Hedgehog
Badger Meles meles Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 🐝 Insects 77 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Red Mason Bee · Hoverfly · Aphid · Black Carrion Beetle · Early Thorn +72
Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis Hoverfly Syrphidae2023 Aphid Aphididae2023 Black Carrion Beetle Phosphuga atrata2023 Early Thorn Selenia dentaria Chinese Character Cilix glaucata Elfin Saddle · Beige Coral · Yellow Club · Cap Cŵyr Gludiog · Crazed Cap +5
Elfin Saddle Helvella lacunosa Beige Coral Clavulinopsis umbrinella Yellow Club Clavulinopsis helvola Cap Cŵyr Gludiog Hygrocybe glutinipes Crazed Cap Dermoloma cuneifolium Meadow Coral Clavulinopsis corniculata Blackening Waxcap Polypody · Rusty-Back Fern · Hart's-Tongue · Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort
Polypody Polypodium vulgare Rusty-Back Fern Asplenium ceterach2025 Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2025 Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria2025 Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata
Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata
Brown Silver-line Petrophora chlorosata
Brown Silver-line Petrophora chlorosata
Lagria hirta Lagria hirta2024
Lagria hirta Lagria hirta2024
Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata truncata2023
Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata truncata2023
Grass Emerald Pseudoterpna pruinata2022
Grass Emerald Pseudoterpna pruinata2022
Common Footman Eilema lurideola2022
Common Footman Eilema lurideola2022
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Agromyza alnivora Agromyza alnivora
Agromyza alnivora Agromyza alnivora
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria
Canary-shouldered Thorn Ennomos alniaria
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba
Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata
Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata
Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes
Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Cinerous Pearl Anania fuscalis
Cinerous Pearl Anania fuscalis
Laburnum Leaf Miner Leucoptera laburnella
Laburnum Leaf Miner Leucoptera laburnella
Chrysolina banksii Chrysolina banksii
Chrysolina banksii Chrysolina banksii
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni
Campyloneura virgula Campyloneura virgula
Campyloneura virgula Campyloneura virgula
Baetis Baetis
Baetis Baetis
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Little Grey Eudonia lacustrata
Little Grey Eudonia lacustrata
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda
White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda
Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata
Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata
Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana
Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Sphaeridium scarabaeoides
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Sphaeridium scarabaeoides
Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla
Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla
Green-veined White Pieris napi2024
Green-veined White Pieris napi2024
Sericomyia superbiens Sericomyia superbiens2024
Sericomyia superbiens Sericomyia superbiens2024
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2024
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2024
Eristalis nemorum Eristalis nemorum2023
Eristalis nemorum Eristalis nemorum2023
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum2023
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum2023
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2023
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2023
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2023
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2023
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2023
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2023
Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria2023
Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria2023
Wireworm Elateridae2023
Wireworm Elateridae2023
Altica Altica2023
Altica Altica2023
Adalia Adalia2023
Adalia Adalia2023
Cantharis nigricans Cantharis nigricans2023
Cantharis nigricans Cantharis nigricans2023
Common White Wave Cabera pusaria2023
Common White Wave Cabera pusaria2023
Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata2023
Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata2023
Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata montanata2023
Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata montanata2023
Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi2023
Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi2023
Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea2023
Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea2023
Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda2023
Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda2023
Grammoptera ruficornis Grammoptera ruficornis2023
Grammoptera ruficornis Grammoptera ruficornis2023
Leucozona lucorum Leucozona lucorum2023
Leucozona lucorum Leucozona lucorum2023
Gorse Weevil Exapion ulicis2023
Gorse Weevil Exapion ulicis2023
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus2022
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus2022
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea2022
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea2022
Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata2022
Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata2022
Yellow-tail Euproctis similis2022
Yellow-tail Euproctis similis2022
Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura2022
Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura2022
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata2022
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata2022
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis2022
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis2022
Riponnensia splendens Riponnensia splendens2022
Riponnensia splendens Riponnensia splendens2022
Plain Golden Y Autographa jota2022
Plain Golden Y Autographa jota2022
Riband Wave (non-banded form) Idaea aversata ab. remutata2022
Riband Wave (non-banded form) Idaea aversata ab. remutata2022
Peppered Moth Biston betularia2022
Peppered Moth Biston betularia2022
V-pug Chloroclystis v-ata2022
V-pug Chloroclystis v-ata2022
Barred Yellow Cidaria fulvata2022
Barred Yellow Cidaria fulvata2022
Small Magpie Anania hortulata2022
Small Magpie Anania hortulata2022
Riband Wave Idaea aversata2022
Riband Wave Idaea aversata2022
Shark Cucullia umbratica2022
Shark Cucullia umbratica2022
Yponomeuta Yponomeuta2022
Yponomeuta Yponomeuta2022
Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor2022
Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor2022
Snout Hypena proboscidalis2022
Snout Hypena proboscidalis2022 Hygrocybe conica
Hygrocybe conica
Soapy Knight Tricholoma saponaceum var. saponaceum
Soapy Knight Tricholoma saponaceum var. saponaceum
Blusher Amanita rubescens var. rubescens
Blusher Amanita rubescens var. rubescens
Grisette Amanita vaginata
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