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Dunskey House

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📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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54.85825, -5.11606

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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Black Guillemot, Jackdaw +83 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Black Guillemot, Jackdaw +83 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Syrphus, Southern Hawker, Common Green Grasshopper +3 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Syrphus, Southern Hawker, Common Green Grasshopper +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Grass-of-Parnassus, Great Wood-rush, Marsh-marigold +1 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Grass-of-Parnassus, Great Wood-rush, Marsh-marigold +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Southern Upland Way (Section A - Portpatrick to Melrose)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

8,551 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,551 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

springsummer

2026

Black Guillemot · Herring Gull · Cormorant · Jackdaw · Rock Dove +43

Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Cepphus grylle arcticusCepphus grylle arcticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Grey Seal

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summer

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummer

2025

Syrphus · Southern Hawker · Common Green Grasshopper · Sea Bristletail

SyrphusSyrphus
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Sea BristletailPetrobius maritimus

🌿

Plants4 species

spring

2025

Grass-of-Parnassus · Great Wood-rush · Marsh-marigold · Coltsfoot

Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
ColtsfootTussilago farfara

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,551 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

springsummer

2026

Black Guillemot · Herring Gull · Cormorant · Jackdaw · Rock Dove +43

Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Cepphus grylle arcticusCepphus grylle arcticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Grey Seal

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summer

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummer

2025

Syrphus · Southern Hawker · Common Green Grasshopper · Sea Bristletail

SyrphusSyrphus
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Sea BristletailPetrobius maritimus

🌿

Plants4 species

spring

2025

Grass-of-Parnassus · Great Wood-rush · Marsh-marigold · Coltsfoot

Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
ColtsfootTussilago farfara

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌱St Ninians Garden of PeaceUrban park1.7 km→✦Ruins of Portpatrick Old Parish KirkHistoric site1.7 km→✦Dunskey CastleHistoric site2.6 km→⛳Portpatrick Dunskey Golf ClubGolf course1.2 km→💧Knockquhassen ReservoirReservoir4 km→💧Knockquhassen ReservoirReservoir4 km→

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