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Battlefield (1215)

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📷 Wikipedia · St Mary Magdalene's Church, Battlefield · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Dogs welcome4 ha

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55.71127, -4.89990

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
✦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

🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
✦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

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow +96 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow +96 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Syrphus, Eristalis tenax, Platycheirus +56 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Syrphus, Eristalis tenax, Platycheirus +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bloody Crane's-bill, an Eyebright, Common Mouse-ear +26 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bloody Crane's-bill, an Eyebright, Common Mouse-ear +26 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Bramble, Common Hemp-nettle, Water Mint +2 more foraging species

Varies

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

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Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 753Cycling route

Named routeRef 753National Cycle Network

Fairlie to Seamill Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route3 km

Named routeRef 753Length 3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route560 m

Named routeRef 753Length 560 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route621 m

Named routeRef 753Length 621 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

14,198 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,198 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumnwinter

2026

Herring Gull · Greylag Goose · Canada Goose · Shag · Curlew +57

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025

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Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,198 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumnwinter

2026

Herring Gull · Greylag Goose · Canada Goose · Shag · Curlew +57

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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