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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.38646, -4.19633
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- ✦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
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- ✦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 — Mallard, Mute Swan, Teal +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Teal +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Green-veined White, Common Blue +94 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Butterfly-orchid, Aspen, Welsh Poppy +121 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Yellow Swamp Brittlegill, Puccinia poarum · last seen 2020
Varies
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Railway, Waterside coal mine, Ayrshire
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