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Green Valley Golf Course

📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

54.89705, -4.94676

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Cormorant
⛳Golf 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

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Cormorant
⛳Golf 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

Parking

Best for

4 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Cormorant, Tufted Duck +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Cormorant, Tufted Duck +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, St Marks Fly, Azure Damselfly +6 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, St Marks Fly, Azure Damselfly +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mull of Galloway TrailWalking route59 km

Named routeLength 59 kmNational walking route

Loch Ryan Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

22 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 73Cycling route

Named routeRef 73National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route56 m

Named routeRef 83Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route844 m

Named routeRef 83Length 844 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route24 m

Named routeRef 83Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route199 m

Named routeRef 83Length 199 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

13,438 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,438 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

autumn

2026

Mallard · Blackbird · Greylag Goose · Canada Goose · Grey Heron +53

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CootFulica atra2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025

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Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,438 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

autumn

2026

Mallard · Blackbird · Greylag Goose · Canada Goose · Grey Heron +53

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CootFulica atra2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

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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