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Brodick Castle

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📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.59392, -5.15080

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParkingToilets

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Robin +80 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Robin +80 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Speckled Wood +12 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Speckled Wood +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Arran Coastal WayWalking route

Named routeRound tripNational walking route

Arran Coastal Way: Alternative via Goat FellWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Goatfell TrailWalking route

Named routeRef RW 5Local walking route

🚴

Cycling

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 73Cycling route

Named routeRef 73National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route5.7 km

Named routeRef 73Length 5.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route361 m

Named routeRef 73Length 361 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route766 m

Named routeRef 73Length 766 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route360 m

Named routeRef 73Length 360 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.6 km

Named routeRef 73Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

19,347 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

19,347 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mallard · Grey Heron · Robin · Mute Swan · Herring Gull +48

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Sericomyia silentis

Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

19,347 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mallard · Grey Heron · Robin · Mute Swan · Herring Gull +48

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Sericomyia silentis

Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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