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Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.08404, -6.64555
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦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
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Mallard, Cormorant +18 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Mallard, Cormorant +18 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Oak Eggar, Peacock, Orange-tip · last seen 2020; Insects — Oak Eggar, Peacock, Orange-tip · last seen 2020
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Nuttall's Waterweed, Fountain Pocket-moss · last seen 2024; Plants — Nuttall's Waterweed, Fountain Pocket-moss · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Poets' Trail - Creggan RouteWalking route17 km▾
Named routeLength 17 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Monaghan WayWalking route18.5 km▾
Named routeLength 18.5 kmNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Poets' Trail - Creggan LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Photos
H8815 : Lough Ross from the amenity area
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Wildlife to spot
296 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
296 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
winterspringautumn
2024▾
Great Crested Grebe · Mallard · Cormorant · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan +16
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CootFulica atra2023
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2022
- Black TernChlidonias niger2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2011
Pine Marten
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2020▾
Oak Eggar · Peacock · Orange-tip
- Oak EggarLasiocampa quercus
- PeacockAglais io2018
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2016
Water-pepper · Common Reed · Reed Canary-grass · Nuttall's Waterweed · Fountain Pocket-moss +70
- Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2010
- Common ReedPhragmites australis2010
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2010
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii
- Fountain Pocket-mossFissidens fontanus2012
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
296 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
winterspringautumn
2024▾
Great Crested Grebe · Mallard · Cormorant · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan +16
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CootFulica atra2023
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2022
- Black TernChlidonias niger2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2011
Pine Marten
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2020▾
Oak Eggar · Peacock · Orange-tip
- Oak EggarLasiocampa quercus
- PeacockAglais io2018
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2016
Water-pepper · Common Reed · Reed Canary-grass · Nuttall's Waterweed · Fountain Pocket-moss +70
- Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2010
- Common ReedPhragmites australis2010
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2010
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii
- Fountain Pocket-mossFissidens fontanus2012
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2010
2010
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2010Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2010PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2010PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2010Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2010Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2010Oval SedgeCarex leporina2010Oval SedgeCarex leporina2010Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2010Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2010Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2010Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2010Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2010Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2010Chenopodium albumChenopodium album2010Chenopodium albumChenopodium album2010FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2010FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2010Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2010Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2010Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2010Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2010Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2010Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2010Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2010Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2010False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2010False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2010Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2010Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2010CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2010CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2010Imperforate St John's-wortHypericum maculatum2010Imperforate St John's-wortHypericum maculatum2010Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2010Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2010Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2010Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2010White CloverTrifolium repens2010White CloverTrifolium repens2010Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2010Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2010Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2010Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2010Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2010Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2010Soft-rushJuncus effusus2010Soft-rushJuncus effusus2010DandelionTaraxacum2010DandelionTaraxacum2010Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2010Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2010Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2010Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2010Wood DockRumex sanguineus2010Wood DockRumex sanguineus2010MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2010MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2010Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2010Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2010Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2010Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2010Water MintMentha aquatica2010Water MintMentha aquatica2010Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2010Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2010BroomCytisus scoparius2010BroomCytisus scoparius2010Autumnal Water-starwortCallitriche hermaphroditica2010Autumnal Water-starwortCallitriche hermaphroditica2010Common BentAgrostis capillaris2010Common BentAgrostis capillaris2010HemlockConium maculatum2010HemlockConium maculatum2010YarrowAchillea millefolium2010YarrowAchillea millefolium2010SilverweedPotentilla anserina2010SilverweedPotentilla anserina2010White Water-lilyNymphaea alba2010White Water-lilyNymphaea alba2010BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2010BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2010Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2010Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2010HawthornCrataegus monogyna2010HawthornCrataegus monogyna2010Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2010Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2010Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2010Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2010GorseUlex europaeus2010GorseUlex europaeus2010CleaversGalium aparine2010CleaversGalium aparine2010Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2010Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2010Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea2010Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea2010BulrushTypha latifolia2010BulrushTypha latifolia2010Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2010Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2010Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2010Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2010Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2010Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2010Trifid Bur-marigoldBidens tripartita2010Trifid Bur-marigoldBidens tripartita2010Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2010Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2010Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2010Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2010Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2010Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2010Blunt-leaved PondweedPotamogeton obtusifolius2010Blunt-leaved PondweedPotamogeton obtusifolius2010Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum2010Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum2010Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2010Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2010Common SallowSalix cinerea2010Common SallowSalix cinerea2010GroundselSenecio vulgaris2010GroundselSenecio vulgaris2010AshFraxinus excelsior2010AshFraxinus excelsior2010ColtsfootTussilago farfara2010ColtsfootTussilago farfara2010SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2010SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2010SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2010SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2010Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2010Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2010Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2010Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2010Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2010Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2010Events & activities nearby
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