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Castle Levan

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📷 Thomas Nugent · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

55.94710, -4.85871

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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
🛝Playground 238m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground 238m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Eider, Gannet, Herring Gull +82 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Eider, Gannet, Herring Gull +82 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral +14 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral +14 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Kelly CutWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Greenock CutWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Waterman's RoadWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

Route 753Cycling route

Named routeRef 753National Cycle Network

Five Ferries RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 5FRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route355 m

Named routeRef 753Length 355 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route713 m

Named routeRef 753Length 713 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route586 m

Named routeRef 753Length 586 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,249 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,249 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds52 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Eider · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Shag +47

EiderSomateria mollissima
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
PuffinFratercula arctica2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little AukAlle alle2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024

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Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Common Porpoise · Grey Squirrel

Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,249 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Eider · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Shag +47

EiderSomateria mollissima
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
PuffinFratercula arctica2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little AukAlle alle2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Common Porpoise · Grey Squirrel

Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Thomas Nugent · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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