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Dun Mor, dun site

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📷 Patrick Mackie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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56.11887, -5.47413

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Goldfinch
✦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

🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Goldfinch
✦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

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Blackbird +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Blackbird +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Marbled Carpet, Dark Marbled Carpet, Square-spot Rustic +230 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Marbled Carpet, Dark Marbled Carpet, Square-spot Rustic +230 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Chicken Of The Woods, Boeremia hedericola, Ballerina · last seen 2025; Fungi — Chicken Of The Woods, Boeremia hedericola, Ballerina · last seen 2025

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Crinan CanalCycling route

Named routeRef 78National Cycle Network

Caledonia WayCycling route

Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route1.8 km

Named routeRef 78Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

N/ACycling route2.2 km

Named routeLength 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

N/ACycling route898 m

Named routeLength 898 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

firetower trailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

14,533 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,533 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

spring

2025

Chaffinch · Jackdaw · Pied Wagtail · Goldfinch · House Sparrow +38

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JackdawColoeus monedula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Great TitParus major
CuckooCuculus canorus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RobinErithacus rubecula
SwallowHirundo rustica
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WhitethroatCurruca communis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
DunnockPrunella modularis
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus

🐝

Insects13 species

springsummer

2025

Patchwork Leafcutter Bee · Eristalis intricaria · Yellow-legged Furrow Bee · Red Admiral · Bibio pomonae +8

Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Impunctate Mini-minerAndrena subopaca
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Triple-barred Tip MothArgyresthia trifasciata
Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma
Nut-tree TussockColocasia coryli
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica

🍄

Fungi1 species

autumn

2025

Chicken Of The Woods

Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,533 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

spring

2025

Chaffinch · Jackdaw · Pied Wagtail · Goldfinch · House Sparrow +38

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JackdawColoeus monedula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Great TitParus major
CuckooCuculus canorus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RobinErithacus rubecula
SwallowHirundo rustica
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WhitethroatCurruca communis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
DunnockPrunella modularis
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus

🐝

Insects13 species

springsummer

2025

Patchwork Leafcutter Bee · Eristalis intricaria · Yellow-legged Furrow Bee · Red Admiral · Bibio pomonae +8

Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Impunctate Mini-minerAndrena subopaca
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Triple-barred Tip MothArgyresthia trifasciata
Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma
Nut-tree TussockColocasia coryli
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica

🍄

Fungi1 species

autumn

2025

Chicken Of The Woods

Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Patrick Mackie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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