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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.09293, -4.04438
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦31+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Skylark
- ✦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
- 🐦31+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Skylark
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Wheatear +28 more · last seen 2023
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Wheatear +28 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Tufted Hair-grass, Common Yellow-sedge, Bog Asphodel +11 more · last seen 2013
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Common Heath, Black Darter, Beautiful Yellow Underwing +1 more · last seen 2012
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Photos
Caisteal na Coille and the River Black Water
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Wildlife to spot
958 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
958 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGolden Plover
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Tormentil · Cross-leaved Heath · Marsh Violet · Bilberry · Hard-fern +91
- TormentilPotentilla erecta2021
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2021
- Marsh VioletViola palustris2021
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2021
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2021
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2021
- Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2021
- Mat-grassNardus stricta2021
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
958 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGolden Plover
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Tormentil · Cross-leaved Heath · Marsh Violet · Bilberry · Hard-fern +91
- TormentilPotentilla erecta2021
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2021
- Marsh VioletViola palustris2021
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2021
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2021
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2021
- Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2021
- Mat-grassNardus stricta2021
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas