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Cahard Fort

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📷 Albert Bridge · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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54.42575, -5.84865

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +51 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +51 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Peacock, Red Admiral, Plain Gold +26 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Peacock, Red Admiral, Plain Gold +26 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Bracken Map, Small Moss Oysterling, Uromyces muscari · last seen 2023; Fungi — Bracken Map, Small Moss Oysterling, Uromyces muscari · last seen 2023

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Navelwort, Bittersweet, Yarrow · last seen 2026; Plants — Navelwort, Bittersweet, Yarrow · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Green LaneWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Riverside WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Glasswater Wood - Connecting TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Blackthorn TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Lough Park TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

371 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

371 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

spring

2025

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Jackdaw · Wren +50

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2014
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2014
JackdawColoeus monedula2014
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
Great TitParus major2014
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2014
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2014
RookCorvus frugilegus2013
MagpiePica pica2013
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2014
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2014
SwallowHirundo rustica2013
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2014
LinnetLinaria cannabina2014
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2014
Herring GullLarus argentatus2014
Coal TitPeriparus ater2014
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2014
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2014
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2014
DunnockPrunella modularis2014
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2014
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2014
House MartinDelichon urbicum2013
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2014
Rock DoveColumba livia2014
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2014
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2014
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2013
CootFulica atra2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2014
WhitethroatCurruca communis2013
RedshankTringa totanus2014
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2014
CurlewNumenius arquata2014
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2014
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2014
SwiftApus apus2013
JayGarrulus glandarius2011
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2011
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2015
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2014
DunlinCalidris alpina2014
LapwingVanellus vanellus2010

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Rabbit · Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Irish Stoat · Hedgehog

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2014
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Pine MartenMartes martes
Irish StoatMustela erminea subsp. hibernica2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2021

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects29 species

spring

2024

Peacock · Red Admiral · Plain Gold · Speckled Wood · Limonia nubeculosa +24

PeacockAglais io2020
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2020
Plain GoldMicropterix calthella2020
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa
Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2023
Phytomyza chaerophylliPhytomyza chaerophylli2023
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2022
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2022
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2022
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021
Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2020
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2020
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2020
Cocksfoot MothGlyphipterix simpliciella2020
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2020
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2020
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2020
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2020
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2020
Tipula lunaTipula luna2020
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020
EristalisEristalis2020
Garden StiltGracillaria syringella2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
Large WhitePieris brassicae2017
Small WhitePieris rapae2017

🍄

Fungi3 species

winterspring

2023

Bracken Map · Small Moss Oysterling · Uromyces muscari

Bracken MapRhopographus filicinus
Small Moss OysterlingArrhenia retiruga
Uromyces muscariUromyces muscari2021

🌿

Plants3 species

springsummer

2026

Yarrow · Navelwort · Bittersweet

YarrowAchillea millefolium2017
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

371 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

spring

2025

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Jackdaw · Wren +50

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2014
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2014
JackdawColoeus monedula2014
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
Great TitParus major2014
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2014
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2014
RookCorvus frugilegus2013
MagpiePica pica2013
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2014
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2014
SwallowHirundo rustica2013
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2014
LinnetLinaria cannabina2014
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2014
Herring GullLarus argentatus2014
Coal TitPeriparus ater2014
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2014
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2014
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2014
DunnockPrunella modularis2014
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2014
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2014
House MartinDelichon urbicum2013
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2014
Rock DoveColumba livia2014
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2014
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2014
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2013
CootFulica atra2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2014
WhitethroatCurruca communis2013
RedshankTringa totanus2014
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2014
CurlewNumenius arquata2014
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2014
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2014
SwiftApus apus2013
JayGarrulus glandarius2011
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2011
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2015
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2014
DunlinCalidris alpina2014
LapwingVanellus vanellus2010

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Rabbit · Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Irish Stoat · Hedgehog

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2014
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Pine MartenMartes martes
Irish StoatMustela erminea subsp. hibernica2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2021

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects29 species

spring

2024

Peacock · Red Admiral · Plain Gold · Speckled Wood · Limonia nubeculosa +24

PeacockAglais io2020
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2020
Plain GoldMicropterix calthella2020
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa
Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2023
Phytomyza chaerophylliPhytomyza chaerophylli2023
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2022
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2022
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2022
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021
Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2020
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2020
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2020
Cocksfoot MothGlyphipterix simpliciella2020
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2020
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2020
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2020
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2020
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2020
Tipula lunaTipula luna2020
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020
EristalisEristalis2020
Garden StiltGracillaria syringella2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
Large WhitePieris brassicae2017
Small WhitePieris rapae2017

🍄

Fungi3 species

winterspring

2023

Bracken Map · Small Moss Oysterling · Uromyces muscari

Bracken MapRhopographus filicinus
Small Moss OysterlingArrhenia retiruga
Uromyces muscariUromyces muscari2021

🌿

Plants3 species

springsummer

2026

Yarrow · Navelwort · Bittersweet

YarrowAchillea millefolium2017
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Albert Bridge · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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