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Cille Mhic Eòghainn

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

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56.46999, -6.23064

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Northern Diver, Black Guillemot, Hooded Crow +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Northern Diver, Black Guillemot, Hooded Crow +68 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Bracken, Purple Moor-grass +174 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Bracken, Purple Moor-grass +174 more · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Dark Green Fritillary, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +25 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Dark Green Fritillary, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Wild Thyme, Meadowsweet, Bramble +5 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Farm CircuitWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Woodland WalkWalking route

Named routeDuration 00:15Point-to-pointLocal walking route

Ministers WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

2,823 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,823 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

spring

2025

Wheatear · Hooded Crow · Blackbird · Cuckoo · Great Northern Diver +45

WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CuckooCuculus canorus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Common GullLarus canus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SnipeGallinago gallinago
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common TernSterna hirundo
RedshankTringa totanus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common GuillemotUria aalge
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
GannetMorus bassanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CurlewNumenius arquata
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoosanderMergus merganser
RazorbillAlca torda
TealAnas crecca2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2024

Red Deer

Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2023

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects10 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Dark Green Fritillary · Spring Dumbledor · Eupeodes corollae · Straw Dot +5

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023
Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2023
Spring DumbledorTrypocopris vernalis
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Straw DotRivula sericealis2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
Straw-barred PearlPyrausta despicata2023
Transparent BurnetZygaena purpuralis2023
Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2023
True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2023

🌿

Plants3 species

summer

2023

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Wild Thyme · Bell Heather

Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Bell HeatherErica cinerea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,823 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

spring

2025

Wheatear · Hooded Crow · Blackbird · Cuckoo · Great Northern Diver +45

WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CuckooCuculus canorus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Common GullLarus canus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SnipeGallinago gallinago
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common TernSterna hirundo
RedshankTringa totanus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common GuillemotUria aalge
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
GannetMorus bassanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CurlewNumenius arquata
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoosanderMergus merganser
RazorbillAlca torda
TealAnas crecca2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2024

Red Deer

Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2023

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects10 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Dark Green Fritillary · Spring Dumbledor · Eupeodes corollae · Straw Dot +5

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023
Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2023
Spring DumbledorTrypocopris vernalis
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Straw DotRivula sericealis2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
Straw-barred PearlPyrausta despicata2023
Transparent BurnetZygaena purpuralis2023
Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2023
True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2023

🌿

Plants3 species

summer

2023

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Wild Thyme · Bell Heather

Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Bell HeatherErica cinerea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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