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Crosshill Loch

16 ha

📷 Derek Tootill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome16 ha

Getting here

55.41340, -5.60995

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🌿Foraging 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

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🌿Foraging 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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black Guillemot, Eider, Herring Gull +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Black Guillemot, Eider, Herring Gull +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Jacobaea, Ground-elder, Dandelion +202 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Jacobaea, Ground-elder, Dandelion +202 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Ground-elder, Dandelion, Hogweed +22 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Ringlet +23 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Ringlet +23 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Boeremia hedericola · last seen 2024; Fungi — Boeremia hedericola · last seen 2024

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Kintyre WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Caledonia WayCycling route

Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

3,536 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,536 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

summerautumn

2025

Black Guillemot · Grey Heron · Rock Dove · Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull +53

Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Rock DoveColumba livia
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Common GullLarus canus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ShagGulosus aristotelis
CurlewNumenius arquata
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RookCorvus frugilegus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
SwiftApus apus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
GannetMorus bassanus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Common GuillemotUria aalge
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RavenCorvus corax
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
SwallowHirundo rustica
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Common TernSterna hirundo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GreenshankTringa nebularia2023
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
RazorbillAlca torda
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SiskinSpinus spinus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
Northern EiderSomateria mollissima borealis2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Seal · Roe Deer · Hedgehog

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024

🐝

Insects5 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Common Wasp · Nettle-Tap · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Syrphus · Vine Weevil

Common WaspVespula vulgaris
Nettle-TapAnthophila fabriciana
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024

🍄

Fungi1 species

winter

2024

Boeremia hedericola

Boeremia hedericolaBoeremia hedericola

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2024

Fairy Foxglove

Fairy FoxgloveErinus alpinus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,536 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

summerautumn

2025

Black Guillemot · Grey Heron · Rock Dove · Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull +53

Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Rock DoveColumba livia
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Common GullLarus canus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ShagGulosus aristotelis
CurlewNumenius arquata
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RookCorvus frugilegus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
SwiftApus apus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
GannetMorus bassanus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Common GuillemotUria aalge
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RavenCorvus corax
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
SwallowHirundo rustica
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Common TernSterna hirundo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GreenshankTringa nebularia2023
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
RazorbillAlca torda
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SiskinSpinus spinus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
Northern EiderSomateria mollissima borealis2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Seal · Roe Deer · Hedgehog

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024

🐝

Insects5 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Common Wasp · Nettle-Tap · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Syrphus · Vine Weevil

Common WaspVespula vulgaris
Nettle-TapAnthophila fabriciana
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024

🍄

Fungi1 species

winter

2024

Boeremia hedericola

Boeremia hedericolaBoeremia hedericola

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2024

Fairy Foxglove

Fairy FoxgloveErinus alpinus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Derek Tootill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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