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Dun Chroisprig

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📷 Mary and Angus Hogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Herring Gull
✦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

🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Herring Gull
✦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

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Herring Gull, Hooded Crow +86 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Herring Gull, Hooded Crow +86 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Swartz's Feather-moss, Didymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceus, Neat Feather-moss +129 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Swartz's Feather-moss, Didymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceus, Neat Feather-moss +129 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Scathophaga stercoraria, Blue-tailed Damselfly +12 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Scathophaga stercoraria, Blue-tailed Damselfly +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Thistle Rust · last seen 2024; Fungi — Thistle Rust · last seen 2024

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Loch Indaal WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Loch Indaal WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

6,311 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,311 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

springsummer

2025

Stonechat · Hooded Crow · Jackdaw · Herring Gull · Meadow Pipit +56

StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Common GullLarus canus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
LinnetLinaria cannabina
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
SanderlingCalidris alba
SwallowHirundo rustica
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
DunlinCalidris alpina
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
EiderSomateria mollissima
Rock DoveColumba livia
GannetMorus bassanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RavenCorvus corax
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RookCorvus frugilegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Great Northern DiverGavia immer

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Mammals2 species

springsummer

2025

Rabbit · Brown Hare

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2025

Common Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser

Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,311 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

springsummer

2025

Stonechat · Hooded Crow · Jackdaw · Herring Gull · Meadow Pipit +56

StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Common GullLarus canus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
LinnetLinaria cannabina
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
SanderlingCalidris alba
SwallowHirundo rustica
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
DunlinCalidris alpina
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
EiderSomateria mollissima
Rock DoveColumba livia
GannetMorus bassanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RavenCorvus corax
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RookCorvus frugilegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Great Northern DiverGavia immer

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummer

2025

Rabbit · Brown Hare

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2025

Common Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser

Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mary and Angus Hogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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