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Creachmore Golf Course

📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Red-breasted Merganser
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Red-breasted Merganser
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

3 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Red-breasted Merganser, Oystercatcher +97 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Red-breasted Merganser, Oystercatcher +97 more · last seen 2025

Free

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

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

13 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 route1.4 km

Named routeRef 83Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route155 m

Named routeRef 83Length 155 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

8,418 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,418 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

winterautumn

2025

Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Carrion Crow · Red-breasted Merganser · Little Egret +64

Herring GullLarus argentatus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata
GreenshankTringa nebularia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common GullLarus canus
GannetMorus bassanus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WigeonMareca penelope
RedshankTringa totanus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SnipeGallinago gallinago
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ScaupAythya marila
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
TealAnas crecca
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
BuzzardButeo buteo
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ShagGulosus aristotelis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Great TitParus major
RavenCorvus corax
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
DunnockPrunella modularis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
DunlinCalidris alpina

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Mammals2 species

springautumn

2025

Grey Seal · Harbour Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,418 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

winterautumn

2025

Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Carrion Crow · Red-breasted Merganser · Little Egret +64

Herring GullLarus argentatus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata
GreenshankTringa nebularia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common GullLarus canus
GannetMorus bassanus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WigeonMareca penelope
RedshankTringa totanus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SnipeGallinago gallinago
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ScaupAythya marila
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
TealAnas crecca
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
BuzzardButeo buteo
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ShagGulosus aristotelis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Great TitParus major
RavenCorvus corax
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
DunnockPrunella modularis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
DunlinCalidris alpina

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2025

Grey Seal · Harbour Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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