🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.22402, -3.76888
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Grey Heron
- ✦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
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Grey Heron
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Oystercatcher, Grey Heron, Pied Wagtail +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Oystercatcher, Grey Heron, Pied Wagtail +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Dark Giant Horsefly · last seen 2024; Insects — Dark Giant Horsefly · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (SW Scotland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in the Solway Firth area
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Kirkpatrick Macmillan Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef KMLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
5,038 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,038 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Heron · Oystercatcher · Mallard · Goosander · Pied Wagtail +44
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- SwiftApus apus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Badger · Rabbit · Mole +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- American MinkNeovison vison2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- StoatMustela erminea
Dark Giant Horsefly
- Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,038 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Heron · Oystercatcher · Mallard · Goosander · Pied Wagtail +44
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- SwiftApus apus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Badger · Rabbit · Mole +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- American MinkNeovison vison2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- StoatMustela erminea
Dark Giant Horsefly
- Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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