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Fairlie Castle

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📷 william craig · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 275m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 275m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow +78 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow +78 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Groundsel, Dandelion +16 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Groundsel, Dandelion +16 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Sicus ferrugineus, Tree Bumblebee · last seen 2025; Insects — Sicus ferrugineus, Tree Bumblebee · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Dandelion, Fennel, Elder

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Ayrshire Coastal PathWalking route170 km

Long-distance hiking route. A designated 'Scotland's Great Trail'.

Named routeLength 170 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Fairlie to Seamill Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

18,761 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

18,761 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Carrion Crow · Little Egret · Redshank +77

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WigeonMareca penelope
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Feral CatFelis catus2024

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Sicus ferrugineus · Tree Bumblebee

Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum

🌿

Plants19 species

summer

2026

Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Groundsel · Dandelion · Daisy · Foxglove +14

Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
DandelionTaraxacum
DaisyBellis perennis
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
White StonecropSedum album2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
FennelFoeniculum vulgare2025
ThriftArmeria maritima2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

18,761 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Carrion Crow · Little Egret · Redshank +77

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WigeonMareca penelope
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Feral CatFelis catus2024

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Sicus ferrugineus · Tree Bumblebee

Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum

🌿

Plants19 species

summer

2026

Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Groundsel · Dandelion · Daisy · Foxglove +14

Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
DandelionTaraxacum
DaisyBellis perennis
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
White StonecropSedum album2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
FennelFoeniculum vulgare2025
ThriftArmeria maritima2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 william craig · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Fairlie Glen, ruins of Fairlie Castle

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