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Crammag Head, promontory fort

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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

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Square-spot Rustic, Small Square-spot, Lunar Underwing +55 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Square-spot Rustic, Small Square-spot, Lunar Underwing +55 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Juniper, Giant-rhubarb +154 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Juniper, Giant-rhubarb +154 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Skylark, Swift, Wheatear +15 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Skylark, Swift, Wheatear +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Wild Thyme, Common Orache, Crowberry +7 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Mull of Galloway TrailWalking route59 km

Named routeLength 59 kmNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

985 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

985 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds17 species

summer

2025

Skylark · Swift · Wheatear · Kittiwake · Fulmar +12

SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SwiftApus apus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
RavenCorvus corax2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
GannetMorus bassanus
RazorbillAlca torda
Common GuillemotUria aalge
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
SwallowHirundo rustica2021

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Grey Seal · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Mole

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects14 species

summer

2025

Common Green Grasshopper · Rose Chafer · Mottled Grasshopper · Common Darter · Meadow Grasshopper +9

Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Myrmica sabuletiMyrmica sabuleti
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Broad DamselbugNabis (Nabicula) flavomarginatus
Formica lemaniFormica lemani
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Marsh Click BeetleActenicerus sjaelandicus
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2024
Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus2022

🌿

Plants119 species

summer

2025

Juniper · Japanese Knotweed · Thrift · Black Bog-rush · Marsh St John's-wort +114

JuniperJuniperus communis
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
ThriftArmeria maritima2024
Black Bog-rushSchoenus nigricans2021
Marsh St John's-wortHypericum elodes
Giant-rhubarbGunnera tinctoria
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2024
Sea CampionSilene uniflora2024
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2021
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2021
Rock SamphireCrithmum maritimum2021
Creeping WillowSalix repens2021
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2021
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2021
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2021
Slender Club-rushIsolepis cernua2021
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2021
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris2021
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2021
CleaversGalium aparine2021
Water CressNasturtium officinale2021
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2021
Wild ThymeThymus drucei2021
Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2021
Sheep's-bitJasione montana
Oval SedgeCarex leporina
Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus2024
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2024
Sea SpleenwortAsplenium marinum2021
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2021
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2021
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2021
Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2021
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2021
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2021
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2021
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2021
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2021
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2021
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2021
Sea RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus2021
Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2021
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2021
Golden-SamphireLimbarda crithmoides2021
Water MintMentha aquatica2021
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2021
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2021
TormentilPotentilla erecta2021
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2021
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2021
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2021
Common SedgeCarex nigra2021
Bog PimpernelLysimachia tenella2021
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2021
EyebrightEuphrasia2021
Crested Hair-grassKoeleria macrantha2021
Saltmarsh Flat-sedgeBlysmus rufus2021
Sea-purslaneAtriplex portulacoides2021
English StonecropSedum anglicum2021
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2021
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2021
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2021
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2021
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2021
Sand CouchElymus junceiformis2021
GorseUlex europaeus2021
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2021
Bristle Club-rushIsolepis setacea2021
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2021
Rock Sea-spurreySpergularia rupicola2021
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2021
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2021
Common ReedPhragmites australis2021
Sea Club-rushBolboschoenus maritimus2021
Curled DockRumex crispus2021
Saltmarsh RushJuncus gerardii2021
Long-bracted SedgeCarex extensa2021
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2021
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2021
Distant SedgeCarex distans2021
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2021
Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2021
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2021
Star SedgeCarex echinata2021
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2021
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2021
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2021
Common DuckweedLemna minor2021
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2021
Parsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenalii2021
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2021
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2021
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2021
YarrowAchillea millefolium2021
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2021
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2021
BrookweedSamolus valerandi2021
Red FescueFestuca rubra2021
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2021
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2021
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2021
Spring SquillScilla verna2021
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2021
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2021
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2021
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2021
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2021
Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis2021
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2021
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2021
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2018
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2018
New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens2018
DandelionTaraxacum2018
Common Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia maritima2018
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2018
Early Hair-grassAira praecox2018
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

985 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds17 species

summer

2025

Skylark · Swift · Wheatear · Kittiwake · Fulmar +12

SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SwiftApus apus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
RavenCorvus corax2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
GannetMorus bassanus
RazorbillAlca torda
Common GuillemotUria aalge
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
SwallowHirundo rustica2021

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Grey Seal · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Mole

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects14 species

summer

2025

Common Green Grasshopper · Rose Chafer · Mottled Grasshopper · Common Darter · Meadow Grasshopper +9

Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Myrmica sabuletiMyrmica sabuleti
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Broad DamselbugNabis (Nabicula) flavomarginatus
Formica lemaniFormica lemani
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Marsh Click BeetleActenicerus sjaelandicus
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2024
Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus2022

🌿

Plants119 species

summer

2025

Juniper · Japanese Knotweed · Thrift · Black Bog-rush · Marsh St John's-wort +114

JuniperJuniperus communis
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
ThriftArmeria maritima2024
Black Bog-rushSchoenus nigricans2021
Marsh St John's-wortHypericum elodes
Giant-rhubarbGunnera tinctoria
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2024
Sea CampionSilene uniflora2024
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2021
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2021
Rock SamphireCrithmum maritimum2021
Creeping WillowSalix repens2021
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2021
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2021
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2021
Slender Club-rushIsolepis cernua2021
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2021
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris2021
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2021
CleaversGalium aparine2021
Water CressNasturtium officinale2021
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2021
Wild ThymeThymus drucei2021
Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2021
Sheep's-bitJasione montana
Oval SedgeCarex leporina
Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus2024
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2024
Sea SpleenwortAsplenium marinum2021
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2021
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2021
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2021
Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2021
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2021
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2021
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2021
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2021
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2021
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2021
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2021
Sea RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus2021
Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2021
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2021
Golden-SamphireLimbarda crithmoides2021
Water MintMentha aquatica2021
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2021
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2021
TormentilPotentilla erecta2021
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2021
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2021
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2021
Common SedgeCarex nigra2021
Bog PimpernelLysimachia tenella2021
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2021
EyebrightEuphrasia2021
Crested Hair-grassKoeleria macrantha2021
Saltmarsh Flat-sedgeBlysmus rufus2021
Sea-purslaneAtriplex portulacoides2021
English StonecropSedum anglicum2021
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2021
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2021
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2021
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2021
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2021
Sand CouchElymus junceiformis2021
GorseUlex europaeus2021
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2021
Bristle Club-rushIsolepis setacea2021
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2021
Rock Sea-spurreySpergularia rupicola2021
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2021
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2021
Common ReedPhragmites australis2021
Sea Club-rushBolboschoenus maritimus2021
Curled DockRumex crispus2021
Saltmarsh RushJuncus gerardii2021
Long-bracted SedgeCarex extensa2021
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2021
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2021
Distant SedgeCarex distans2021
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2021
Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2021
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2021
Star SedgeCarex echinata2021
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2021
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2021
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2021
Common DuckweedLemna minor2021
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2021
Parsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenalii2021
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2021
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2021
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2021
YarrowAchillea millefolium2021
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2021
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2021
BrookweedSamolus valerandi2021
Red FescueFestuca rubra2021
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2021
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2021
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2021
Spring SquillScilla verna2021
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2021
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2021
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2021
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2021
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2021
Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis2021
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2021
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2021
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2018
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2018
New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens2018
DandelionTaraxacum2018
Common Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia maritima2018
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2018
Early Hair-grassAira praecox2018
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Barry Boxer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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