Craighouse, Settlement
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds✦Heritage
Dogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
55.14465, -3.28209
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
- ✦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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Swallow, Magpie, Chaffinch +36 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swallow, Magpie, Chaffinch +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Flax, Redshank, Common Chickweed +9 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Flax, Redshank, Common Chickweed +9 more · last seen 2017
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Peacock · last seen 2011; Insects — Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Peacock · last seen 2011
Free
Plants — Common Chickweed, Large-flowered Hemp-nettle, Sheep's Sorrel
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Annandale WayWalking route88 km▾
Named routeLength 88 kmNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (SW Scotland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in the Solway Firth area
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
135 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
135 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Magpie · Chaffinch · Pheasant · Cuckoo +34
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- SwiftApus apus2015
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2011
- DipperCinclus cinclus2011
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Green-veined White · Orange-tip · Peacock
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
- PeacockAglais io
Redshank · Common Chickweed · Small Cudweed · Blue Water-speedwell · Flax +28
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa2017
- Common ChickweedStellaria media2017
- Small CudweedLogfia minima
- Blue Water-speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica
- FlaxLinum usitatissimum2017
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
135 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Magpie · Chaffinch · Pheasant · Cuckoo +34
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- SwiftApus apus2015
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2011
- DipperCinclus cinclus2011
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Green-veined White · Orange-tip · Peacock
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
- PeacockAglais io
Redshank · Common Chickweed · Small Cudweed · Blue Water-speedwell · Flax +28
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa2017
- Common ChickweedStellaria media2017
- Small CudweedLogfia minima
- Blue Water-speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica
- FlaxLinum usitatissimum2017
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
