Glebe Cairn
✦ Ancient woodland0 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
56.13381, -5.48887
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Goldfinch +54 more · last seen 2025
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Goldfinch +54 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Marbled Carpet, Dark Marbled Carpet, Square-spot Rustic +218 more · last seen 2025
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Chicken Of The Woods, Boeremia hedericola, Ballerina · last seen 2025
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Crinan CanalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 78National Cycle Network
Caledonia WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route898 m▾
Named routeLength 898 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Facilities
🅿️Parking
3 nearby · Free · 166m
Good to know
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Weather for this location
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Chloroclysta siterata2024
Chloroclysta siterata2024
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2024July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2024Striped BrightPhylloporia bistrigella2024Striped BrightPhylloporia bistrigella2024Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2024Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2024Triple-spotted ClayXestia ditrapezium2024Triple-spotted ClayXestia ditrapezium2024Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2024Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2024Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2024Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2024Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2024Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2024Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2024Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2024Little GreyEudonia lacustrata2024Little GreyEudonia lacustrata2024Dotted ClayXestia baja2024Dotted ClayXestia baja2024Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2024Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2024Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciataDouble-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciataRed-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2024Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2024Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2024Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2024Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2024Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2024Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2024Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2024Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2024Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2024Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2024Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2024Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2024Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2024Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2024Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2024Riband WaveIdaea aversata2024Riband WaveIdaea aversata2024Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2024Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2024Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2024Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2024Twenty-plume MothAlucita hexadactyla2024Twenty-plume MothAlucita hexadactyla2024Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2024Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2024Striped Twin-spot CarpetCoenotephria salicata2024Striped Twin-spot CarpetCoenotephria salicata2024Barred ChestnutDiarsia dahlii2024Barred ChestnutDiarsia dahlii2024Brown House-mothHofmannophila pseudospretella2024Brown House-mothHofmannophila pseudospretella2024Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2024Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2024Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2024Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2024Peppered GreyEudonia truncicolella2024Peppered GreyEudonia truncicolella2024Purple ClayDiarsia brunnea2024Purple ClayDiarsia brunnea2024Gold SpangleAutographa bractea2024Gold SpangleAutographa bractea2024Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2024Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2024Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2024Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2024Common White WaveCabera pusaria2024Common White WaveCabera pusaria2024Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2024Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2024Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2024Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalantaRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaRed ChestnutCerastis rubricosaRed ChestnutCerastis rubricosaRosy RusticHydraecia micacea2024Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2024Large EarAmphipoea lucens2024Large EarAmphipoea lucens2024Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2024Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2024Common Grass-veneerAgriphila tristella2024Common Grass-veneerAgriphila tristella2024UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2024UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2024Small RivuletPerizoma alchemillata2024Small RivuletPerizoma alchemillata2024Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2024Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2024Common MarbleCelypha lacunana2024Common MarbleCelypha lacunana2024Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata2024Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata2024Pinion-streaked SnoutSchrankia costaestrigalis2024Pinion-streaked SnoutSchrankia costaestrigalis2024Ling PugEupithecia absinthiata2024Ling PugEupithecia absinthiata2024Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2024Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2024Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2024Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2024Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2024Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2024True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2024True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2024Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2024Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2024Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2024Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2024Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2024Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2024Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularisPatchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularisEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaChestnutConistra vacciniiChestnutConistra vacciniiDark-marked TortrixAcleris laterana2024Dark-marked TortrixAcleris laterana2024Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2024Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2024Holly TortrixRhopobota naevana2024Holly TortrixRhopobota naevana2024Black RusticAporophyla nigra2024Black RusticAporophyla nigra2024Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2024Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2024CrescentHelotropha leucostigma2024CrescentHelotropha leucostigma2024Pearl-Band Grass VeneerCatoptria margaritella2024Pearl-Band Grass VeneerCatoptria margaritella2024Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2024Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2024Slender BrindleApamea scolopacina2024Slender BrindleApamea scolopacina2024Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2024Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2024Lempke's Gold SpotPlusia putnami2024Lempke's Gold SpotPlusia putnami2024Sandy CarpetPerizoma flavofasciata2024Sandy CarpetPerizoma flavofasciata2024Dark-barred Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe ferrugata2024Dark-barred Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe ferrugata2024DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2024DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2024Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.2024Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.2024SnoutHypena proboscidalis2024SnoutHypena proboscidalis2024Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2024Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2024Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnomaLesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnomaTree BumblebeeBombus hypnorumTree BumblebeeBombus hypnorumBombus lucorumBombus lucorumBombus lucorumBombus lucorumWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisCommon QuakerOrthosia cerasiCommon QuakerOrthosia cerasiMottled GreyColostygia multistrigariaMottled GreyColostygia multistrigariaYellow HornedAchlya flavicornisYellow HornedAchlya flavicornisAutumn Green CarpetChloroclysta miata2024Autumn Green CarpetChloroclysta miata2024Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2024Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2024Twin-spot CarpetMesotype didymata2024Twin-spot CarpetMesotype didymata2024Lead-coloured TortrixAcleris sparsana2024Lead-coloured TortrixAcleris sparsana2024Northern SpinachEulithis populata2024Northern SpinachEulithis populata2024Strawberry TortrixAcleris comariana2024Strawberry TortrixAcleris comariana2024Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2024Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2024Buff FootmanEilema depressa2024Buff FootmanEilema depressa2024RivuletPerizoma affinitata2024RivuletPerizoma affinitata2024Common LutestringOchropacha duplaris2024Common LutestringOchropacha duplaris2024Furness DowdBlastobasis adustella2024Furness DowdBlastobasis adustella2024Early ThornSelenia dentaria2024Early ThornSelenia dentaria2024Beautiful CarpetMesoleuca albicillata2024Beautiful CarpetMesoleuca albicillata2024Golden-rod PugEupithecia virgaureata2024Golden-rod PugEupithecia virgaureata2024Orchard ErmineYponomeuta padella2024Orchard ErmineYponomeuta padella2024Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella2024Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella2024Cock's-foot MinerElachista atricomella2024Cock's-foot MinerElachista atricomella2024V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2024V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2024Marbled CosmetMompha propinquella2024Marbled CosmetMompha propinquella2024Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella2024Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella2024Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2024Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2024FlameAxylia putris2024FlameAxylia putris2024Broom MothCeramica pisi2024Broom MothCeramica pisi2024Small Dotted BuffPhotedes minima2024Small Dotted BuffPhotedes minima2024SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2024SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2024Dusky BrocadeApamea remissa2024Dusky BrocadeApamea remissa2024Ochreous PearlAnania crocealis2024Ochreous PearlAnania crocealis2024Muslin FootmanNudaria mundana2024Muslin FootmanNudaria mundana2024Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundusYellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundusBibio pomonaeBibio pomonaeBibio pomonaeBibio pomonaeCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaImpunctate Mini-minerAndrena subopacaImpunctate Mini-minerAndrena subopacaHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleTriple-barred Tip MothArgyresthia trifasciataTriple-barred Tip MothArgyresthia trifasciataNut-tree TussockColocasia coryliNut-tree TussockColocasia coryliSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumChocolate Mining BeeAndrena scoticaChocolate Mining BeeAndrena scoticaCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumHebrew CharacterOrthosia gothicaHebrew CharacterOrthosia gothicaSmall QuakerOrthosia crudaSmall QuakerOrthosia crudaClouded DrabOrthosia incertaClouded DrabOrthosia incertaMarch TubicDiurnea fagellaMarch TubicDiurnea fagellaOak BeautyBiston stratariaOak BeautyBiston stratariaEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumEarly GreyXylocampa areolaEarly GreyXylocampa areolaPale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosariaPale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosariaMarch MothAlsophila aesculariaMarch MothAlsophila aesculariaWillow StiltCaloptilia stigmatellaWillow StiltCaloptilia stigmatellaSallowCirrhia icteritia2024SallowCirrhia icteritia2024Firethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographella2024Firethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographella2024Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2024Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2024Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2024Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2024Red Sword-grassXylena vetusta2024Red Sword-grassXylena vetusta2024November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2024November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2024VapourerOrgyia antiqua2024VapourerOrgyia antiqua2024Nicrophorus investigatorNicrophorus investigator2024Nicrophorus investigatorNicrophorus investigator2024Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus2024Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus2024Parsnip MothDepressaria radiella2024Parsnip MothDepressaria radiella2024Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea2024Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea2024Neglected RusticXestia castanea2024Neglected RusticXestia castanea2024ChevronEulithis testata2024ChevronEulithis testata2024Large Willow RollerEpinotia caprana2024Large Willow RollerEpinotia caprana2024Small Rufous TortrixAcleris aspersana2024Small Rufous TortrixAcleris aspersana2024Devon CarpetLampropteryx otregiata2024Devon CarpetLampropteryx otregiata2024Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2024Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2024Flounced ChestnutAnchoscelis helvola2024Flounced ChestnutAnchoscelis helvola2024Pied Rabbit MothYpsolopha sequella2024Pied Rabbit MothYpsolopha sequella2024Crinan EarAmphipoea crinanensis2024Crinan EarAmphipoea crinanensis2024Garden Rose TortrixAcleris variegana2024Garden Rose TortrixAcleris variegana2024RusticHoplodrina blanda2024RusticHoplodrina blanda2024Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2024Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2024Pallid GreyEudonia pallida2024Pallid GreyEudonia pallida2024Haworth's MinorCelaena haworthii2024Haworth's MinorCelaena haworthii2024Pale EggarTrichiura crataegi2024Pale EggarTrichiura crataegi2024Smooth-faced Furrow BeeLasioglossum fratellum2024Smooth-faced Furrow BeeLasioglossum fratellum2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Common Furrow BeeLasioglossum calceatum2024Common Furrow BeeLasioglossum calceatum2024Willughby's Leafcutter BeeMegachile willughbiella2024Willughby's Leafcutter BeeMegachile willughbiella2024Currant PugEupithecia assimilata2024Currant PugEupithecia assimilata2024Chequered PearlEvergestis pallidata2024Chequered PearlEvergestis pallidata2024Barred Fruit-tree TortrixPandemis cerasana2024Barred Fruit-tree TortrixPandemis cerasana2024Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024Marsh Oblique-barredHypenodes humidalis2024Marsh Oblique-barredHypenodes humidalis2024Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2024Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2024Treble-barAplocera plagiata2024Treble-barAplocera plagiata2024Gypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus2024Gypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus2024Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2024Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2024Beautiful China-markNymphula nitidulata2024Beautiful China-markNymphula nitidulata2024Bird-cherry ErmineYponomeuta evonymella2024Bird-cherry ErmineYponomeuta evonymella2024Tawny Marbled MinorOligia latruncula2024Tawny Marbled MinorOligia latruncula2024Small GreyEudonia mercurella2024Small GreyEudonia mercurella2024Pale Straw PearlUdea lutealis2024Pale Straw PearlUdea lutealis2024Straw DotRivula sericealis2024Straw DotRivula sericealis2024Grey Knot-hornAcrobasis advenella2024Grey Knot-hornAcrobasis advenella2024Garden TigerArctia caja2024Garden TigerArctia caja2024Spruce Bud MothZeiraphera ratzeburgiana2024Spruce Bud MothZeiraphera ratzeburgiana2024Welsh WaveVenusia cambrica2024Welsh WaveVenusia cambrica2024Gold SpotPlusia festucae2024Gold SpotPlusia festucae2024Bramble Shoot MothNotocelia uddmanniana2024Bramble Shoot MothNotocelia uddmanniana2024Twin-spot PlumeStenoptilia bipunctidactyla2024Twin-spot PlumeStenoptilia bipunctidactyla2024White-spotted PugEupithecia tripunctaria2024White-spotted PugEupithecia tripunctaria2024Scalloped Hook-tipFalcaria lacertinaria2024Scalloped Hook-tipFalcaria lacertinaria2024Common FootmanEilema lurideola2024Common FootmanEilema lurideola2024Southern Grey TortrixCnephasia communana2024Southern Grey TortrixCnephasia communana2024Shaded PugEupithecia subumbrata2024Shaded PugEupithecia subumbrata2024Rufous MinorOligia versicolor2024Rufous MinorOligia versicolor2024Fan-footHerminia tarsipennalis2024Fan-footHerminia tarsipennalis2024Garden PearlUdea olivalis2024Garden PearlUdea olivalis2024Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2024Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2024Common GreyScoparia ambigualis2024Common GreyScoparia ambigualis2024Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2024Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2024Diamond-back MothPlutella xylostella2024Diamond-back MothPlutella xylostella2024Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2024Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2024White-shouldered House-mothEndrosis sarcitrella2024White-shouldered House-mothEndrosis sarcitrella2024Peppered MothBiston betularia2024Peppered MothBiston betularia2024Thistle StrawAethes cnicana2024Thistle StrawAethes cnicana2024Common WaveCabera exanthemata2024Common WaveCabera exanthemata2024Grizzled Moss-mothBryotropha senectella2024Grizzled Moss-mothBryotropha senectella2024Light Grey TortrixCnephasia incertana2024Light Grey TortrixCnephasia incertana2024Scallop ShellRheumaptera undulata2024Scallop ShellRheumaptera undulata2024Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2024Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2024Foxglove PugEupithecia pulchellata2024Foxglove PugEupithecia pulchellata2024Black CloakNotocelia cynosbatella2024Black CloakNotocelia cynosbatella2024LychnisHadena bicruris2024LychnisHadena bicruris2024Brown RusticRusina ferruginea2024Brown RusticRusina ferruginea2024Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2024Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2024Strawberry CutterIncurvaria praelatella2024Strawberry CutterIncurvaria praelatella2024Brindled PugEupithecia abbreviata2024Brindled PugEupithecia abbreviata2024Green ArchesAnaplectoides prasina2024Green ArchesAnaplectoides prasina2024Brussels LaceCleorodes lichenaria2024Brussels LaceCleorodes lichenaria2024Events & activities nearby
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