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Bellarena House

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📷 Kay Atherton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.11176, -6.96045

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Chaffinch
✦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

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Chaffinch
✦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

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swallow, Chaffinch, Blackbird +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swallow, Chaffinch, Blackbird +74 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

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Peacock, Scathophaga stercoraria, Small White +12 more · last seen 2022; Insects — Peacock, Scathophaga stercoraria, Small White +12 more · last seen 2022

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Alexanders Rust · last seen 2023; Fungi — Alexanders Rust · last seen 2023

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Thrift, Alexanders · last seen 2022; Plants — Thrift, Alexanders · last seen 2022

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ulster WayWalking route1000 km

A series of walking routes which encircles Northern Ireland.

Named routeLength 1000 kmRound tripNational walking route

North Sperrins Way (Ulster Way Section)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Causeway Coast and Glens - 14 - BinevenaghWalking route5 km

Named routeLength 5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

North Sperrins WayWalking route

Dungiven - Swanns Bridge

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Limavady BoroughCycling route

Formerly part of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's NCN93, de-designated by them in 2020 on safety grounds

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,324 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,324 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Jackdaw · Rook · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Hooded Crow +46

JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common GullLarus canus
MagpiePica pica2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Great TitParus major2023
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
RedshankTringa totanus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2021

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2022

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐝

Insects3 species

springsummer

2022

Scathophaga stercoraria · Small Magpie · Dark Arches

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Small MagpieAnania hortulata
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha

🍄

Fungi1 species

spring

2023

Alexanders Rust

Alexanders RustPuccinia smyrnii

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2022

Thrift · Alexanders

ThriftArmeria maritima
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,324 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Jackdaw · Rook · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Hooded Crow +46

JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common GullLarus canus
MagpiePica pica2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Great TitParus major2023
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
RedshankTringa totanus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2021

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2022

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐝

Insects3 species

springsummer

2022

Scathophaga stercoraria · Small Magpie · Dark Arches

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Small MagpieAnania hortulata
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha

🍄

Fungi1 species

spring

2023

Alexanders Rust

Alexanders RustPuccinia smyrnii

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2022

Thrift · Alexanders

ThriftArmeria maritima
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Kay Atherton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

C6629 : Left bank of the River Roe near Bellarena

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