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Coal Pit

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Dogs welcome

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55.48926, -4.23319

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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 — Carrion Crow, Canada Goose, Mute Swan +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Canada Goose, Mute Swan +71 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Twayblade, Marsh-marigold, Heather +83 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Common Twayblade, Marsh-marigold, Heather +83 more · last seen 2021

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis intricaria, Herina frondescentiae, Oedemera virescens +17 more · last seen 2022; Insects — Eristalis intricaria, Herina frondescentiae, Oedemera virescens +17 more · last seen 2022

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bilberry, Hogweed, Common Nettle +7 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

River Ayr WayWalking route66 km

Named routeLength 66 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

3,174 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,174 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

spring

2025

Carrion Crow · Canada Goose · Curlew · Anas platyrhynchos x · Tufted Duck +44

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Common GullLarus canus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WigeonMareca penelope
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
GoosanderMergus merganser
TealAnas crecca
RavenCorvus corax
MagpiePica pica
SwiftApus apus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
American WigeonMareca americana
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2023

Stoat · Red Fox

StoatMustela erminea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,174 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

spring

2025

Carrion Crow · Canada Goose · Curlew · Anas platyrhynchos x · Tufted Duck +44

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Common GullLarus canus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WigeonMareca penelope
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
GoosanderMergus merganser
TealAnas crecca
RavenCorvus corax
MagpiePica pica
SwiftApus apus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
American WigeonMareca americana
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2023

Stoat · Red Fox

StoatMustela erminea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 jim muir · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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