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Bushglen Mount

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📷 Raibeart MacAoidh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🐕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
✦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

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Flowering Currant, Gorse, Hedera helix +46 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Flowering Currant, Gorse, Hedera helix +46 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Tree Bumblebee, Dark Giant Horsefly, Empis livida +14 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Tree Bumblebee, Dark Giant Horsefly, Empis livida +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Flowering Currant, Common Nettle, Bramble +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

🚴

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

6,277 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,277 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

summer

2025

Jackdaw · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Dunnock +56

JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
DunnockPrunella modularis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Rock DoveColumba livia
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TealAnas crecca2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
SwiftApus apus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
EiderSomateria mollissima
GreenfinchChloris chloris
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
NuthatchSitta europaea
Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2023
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023

🦌

Mammals14 species

summer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Rabbit · Red Deer +9

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red DeerCervus elaphus2024
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
WildcatFelis silvestris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
OtterLutra lutra
HorseEquus ferus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
VoleArvicolinae
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama2024

🐝

Insects12 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Tree Bumblebee · Dark Giant Horsefly · Empis livida · Scathophaga stercoraria · Black Sexton Beetle +7

Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2024
Empis lividaEmpis livida2024
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2023
Nicrophorus investigatorNicrophorus investigator2023
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2023
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2023

🌿

Plants48 species

spring

2025

Flowering Currant · Greater Plantain · Gorse · Herb-Robert · Hedera helix +43

Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
GorseUlex europaeus2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Hedera helixHedera helix2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Bifid Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifida2023
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2023
Rubus polyanthemusRubus polyanthemus2023
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
Dryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-mas2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
RaspberryRubus idaeus2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
Erophila vernaErophila verna2024
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
White ButterburPetasites albus2024
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,277 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

summer

2025

Jackdaw · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Dunnock +56

JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
DunnockPrunella modularis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Rock DoveColumba livia
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TealAnas crecca2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
SwiftApus apus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
EiderSomateria mollissima
GreenfinchChloris chloris
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
NuthatchSitta europaea
Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2023
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023

🦌

Mammals14 species

summer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Rabbit · Red Deer +9

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red DeerCervus elaphus2024
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
WildcatFelis silvestris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
OtterLutra lutra
HorseEquus ferus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
VoleArvicolinae
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama2024

🐝

Insects12 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Tree Bumblebee · Dark Giant Horsefly · Empis livida · Scathophaga stercoraria · Black Sexton Beetle +7

Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2024
Empis lividaEmpis livida2024
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2023
Nicrophorus investigatorNicrophorus investigator2023
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2023
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2023

🌿

Plants48 species

spring

2025

Flowering Currant · Greater Plantain · Gorse · Herb-Robert · Hedera helix +43

Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
GorseUlex europaeus2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Hedera helixHedera helix2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Bifid Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifida2023
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2023
Rubus polyanthemusRubus polyanthemus2023
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
Dryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-mas2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
RaspberryRubus idaeus2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
Erophila vernaErophila verna2024
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
White ButterburPetasites albus2024
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Raibeart MacAoidh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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