🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.21267, -3.72437
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Rook +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Rook +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Peacock, Small White, Painted Lady +14 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Peacock, Small White, Painted Lady +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Hyacinthoides, Bluebell · last seen 2025; Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Hyacinthoides, Bluebell · last seen 2025
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (SW Scotland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in the Solway Firth area
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Kirkpatrick Macmillan Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef KMLocal cycle route
Photos
Closeburn Old and New Parish Churches
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Wildlife to spot
2,059 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,059 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Jackdaw · Rook · Swallow · Woodpigeon +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Tipula vittata · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Cheilosia albitarsis · Rhingia campestris · Dinocras cephalotes +4
- Tipula vittataTipula vittata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
- Dinocras cephalotesDinocras cephalotes
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Common Cockchafer
Danish Scurvygrass · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
- Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,059 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Jackdaw · Rook · Swallow · Woodpigeon +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Tipula vittata · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Cheilosia albitarsis · Rhingia campestris · Dinocras cephalotes +4
- Tipula vittataTipula vittata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
- Dinocras cephalotesDinocras cephalotes
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Common Cockchafer
Danish Scurvygrass · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
- Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Melolontha melolontha
Melolontha melolontha
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Events & activities nearby
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