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Dun Mideir, dun site

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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
🌿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 — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Greylag Goose, Hooded Crow, Mallard +86 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Greylag Goose, Hooded Crow, Mallard +86 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Eared Willow, Jointed Rush, Sweet Vernal-grass +281 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Eared Willow, Jointed Rush, Sweet Vernal-grass +281 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Meadowsweet, Common Sorrel, Two-horned Pincerwort +12 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +46 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +46 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Loch Indaal WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Loch Indaal WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,076 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,076 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

winterspring

2025

Oystercatcher · Hooded Crow · Starling · Greenland White-fronted Goose · Greylag Goose +23

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common GullLarus canus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SiskinSpinus spinus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
EiderSomateria mollissima
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024

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Insects6 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Hawker · Four-spotted Chaser +1

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Black DarterSympetrum danae2024

🌿

Plants113 species

summer

2024

Hutchins' Hollywort · Mougeot's Yoke-moss · Common Smoothcap · Mueller's Pouchwort · Long-beaked Water Feather-moss +108

Hutchins' HollywortJubula hutchinsiae
Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Mueller's PouchwortCalypogeia muelleriana
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Western PouncewortLejeunea lamacerina
Fringed Bog-mossSphagnum fimbriatum
Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica
Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
Straggling PouchwortSaccogyna viticulosa
Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre
Heterocladium heteropterumHeterocladium heteropterum
Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.
Killarney FeatherwortPlagiochila bifaria
Transparent FlapwortSolenostoma hyalinum
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
Handsome WoollywortTrichocolea tomentella
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
Rusty Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum plumosum
Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa
Rigid Bog-mossSphagnum teres
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans
Blunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustre
St Winifrid's MossChiloscyphus polyanthos
Thick-set EarwortScapania compacta
Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum
Shady EarwortScapania umbrosa
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum
Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
Hypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme
Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
Prickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosa
Water EarwortScapania undulata
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata
Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans
Lesser Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum inundatum
Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum
Rusty Hook-mossScorpidium revolvens
Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Short-beaked Wood-mossLoeskeobryum brevirostre
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Sea ScalewortFrullania teneriffae
Yellowish Fork-mossDichodontium flavescens
Isothecium interludensIsothecium interludens
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum
Pearl PouncewortLejeunea patens
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta
Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides
Rock VeilwortMetzgeria conjugata
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Heart-leaved Spear-mossCalliergon cordifolium
Long-shanked PincushionPtychomitrium polyphyllum
Western EarwortScapania gracilis
Heterocladium flaccidumHeterocladium flaccidum
Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens
Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina
Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum
Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Blunt Cord-mossEntosthodon obtusus
Bristly Swan-neck MossCampylopus atrovirens
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Grove EarwortScapania nemorea
Red Bog-mossSphagnum rubellum
Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens
Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata
Jagged NotchwortSchistochilopsis incisa
Yellow Starry Feather-mossCampylium stellatum
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii
Notched RustwortMarsupella emarginata
Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus
Curly Crisp-mossTrichostomum crispulum
Narrow-fruited Crisp-mossChionoloma tenuirostre
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
Curnow's Pocket-mossFissidens bryoides var. caespitans
Golden-head MossBreutelia chrysocoma
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides
Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
Smaller Lattice-mossCinclidotus fontinaloides
Hair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophylla
Rough EarwortScapania aspera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,076 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

winterspring

2025

Oystercatcher · Hooded Crow · Starling · Greenland White-fronted Goose · Greylag Goose +23

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common GullLarus canus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SiskinSpinus spinus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
EiderSomateria mollissima
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Hawker · Four-spotted Chaser +1

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Black DarterSympetrum danae2024

🌿

Plants113 species

summer

2024

Hutchins' Hollywort · Mougeot's Yoke-moss · Common Smoothcap · Mueller's Pouchwort · Long-beaked Water Feather-moss +108

Hutchins' HollywortJubula hutchinsiae
Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Mueller's PouchwortCalypogeia muelleriana
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Western PouncewortLejeunea lamacerina
Fringed Bog-mossSphagnum fimbriatum
Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica
Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
Straggling PouchwortSaccogyna viticulosa
Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre
Heterocladium heteropterumHeterocladium heteropterum
Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.
Killarney FeatherwortPlagiochila bifaria
Transparent FlapwortSolenostoma hyalinum
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
Handsome WoollywortTrichocolea tomentella
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
Rusty Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum plumosum
Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa
Rigid Bog-mossSphagnum teres
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans
Blunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustre
St Winifrid's MossChiloscyphus polyanthos
Thick-set EarwortScapania compacta
Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum
Shady EarwortScapania umbrosa
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum
Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
Hypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme
Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
Prickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosa
Water EarwortScapania undulata
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata
Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans
Lesser Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum inundatum
Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum
Rusty Hook-mossScorpidium revolvens
Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Short-beaked Wood-mossLoeskeobryum brevirostre
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Sea ScalewortFrullania teneriffae
Yellowish Fork-mossDichodontium flavescens
Isothecium interludensIsothecium interludens
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum
Pearl PouncewortLejeunea patens
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta
Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides
Rock VeilwortMetzgeria conjugata
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Heart-leaved Spear-mossCalliergon cordifolium
Long-shanked PincushionPtychomitrium polyphyllum
Western EarwortScapania gracilis
Heterocladium flaccidumHeterocladium flaccidum
Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens
Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina
Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum
Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Blunt Cord-mossEntosthodon obtusus
Bristly Swan-neck MossCampylopus atrovirens
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Grove EarwortScapania nemorea
Red Bog-mossSphagnum rubellum
Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens
Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata
Jagged NotchwortSchistochilopsis incisa
Yellow Starry Feather-mossCampylium stellatum
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii
Notched RustwortMarsupella emarginata
Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus
Curly Crisp-mossTrichostomum crispulum
Narrow-fruited Crisp-mossChionoloma tenuirostre
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
Curnow's Pocket-mossFissidens bryoides var. caespitans
Golden-head MossBreutelia chrysocoma
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides
Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
Smaller Lattice-mossCinclidotus fontinaloides
Hair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophylla
Rough EarwortScapania aspera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Becky Williamson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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