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Craigcaffie, Settlement

2 ha

📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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54.93414, -4.97636

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Herring Gull
✦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

🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Herring Gull
✦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

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull +90 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull +90 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Fabricius' Nomad Bee, Painted Lady · last seen 2024; Insects — Fabricius' Nomad Bee, Painted Lady · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Fuchsia, Greater Periwinkle, Bulrush +3 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Fuchsia, Greater Periwinkle, Bulrush +3 more · last seen 2021

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mull of Galloway TrailWalking route59 km

Named routeLength 59 kmNational walking route

Loch Ryan Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Southern Upland Way (Section A - Portpatrick to Melrose)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 73Cycling route

Named routeRef 73National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route24 m

Named routeRef 83Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route150 m

Named routeRef 83Length 150 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route20 m

Named routeRef 83Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 83Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,409 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,409 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds93 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Curlew · Scaup +88

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
KnotCalidris canutus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2021
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
PochardAythya ferina2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
MagpiePica pica2022
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
RazorbillAlca torda2019
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2019
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2019
Great TitParus major2018

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Mammals5 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2024

Fabricius' Nomad Bee · Painted Lady

Fabricius' Nomad BeeNomada fabriciana
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019

🌿

Plants29 species

spring

2021

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Sea-buckthorn · Common Centaury · Gorse · Red Campion +24

Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
GorseUlex europaeus
Red CampionSilene dioica
Narrow-Leaved EelgrassZostera marina
BulrushTypha latifolia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,409 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds93 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Curlew · Scaup +88

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
KnotCalidris canutus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2021
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
PochardAythya ferina2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
MagpiePica pica2022
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
RazorbillAlca torda2019
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2019
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2019
Great TitParus major2018

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2024

Fabricius' Nomad Bee · Painted Lady

Fabricius' Nomad BeeNomada fabriciana
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019

🌿

Plants29 species

spring

2021

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Sea-buckthorn · Common Centaury · Gorse · Red Campion +24

Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
GorseUlex europaeus
Red CampionSilene dioica
Narrow-Leaved EelgrassZostera marina
BulrushTypha latifolia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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