Harry Ferguson Memorial Garden
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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome
Places › Northern Ireland › Lisburn and Castlereagh Getting here
54.41581, -6.03148
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Cormorant ✦ 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
🐦 61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Cormorant ✦ 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 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Cormorant, Mallard +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Cormorant, Mallard +58 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 — Speckled Wood, Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell +106 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Speckled Wood, Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell +106 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Foxglove, Red Clover, Oxeye Daisy +9 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Foxglove, Red Clover, Oxeye Daisy +9 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Darby's Loanin Walking route ▾
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Show on map Digital Sculpture Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Lake Trail Walking route 2 km ▾
Named route Length 2 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Fox Fort Trail Walking route 3.5 km ▾
Named route Length 3.5 km Round trip Local walking route
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1,236 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,236 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 17 species
winter spring autumn
2025 ▾
Mute Swan · Cormorant · Mallard · Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull +12
Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Greylag Goose Anser anser2023 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2023 Gadwall Mareca strepera2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2019 House Martin Delichon urbicum2019 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2019 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2018 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐝 Insects 19 species
summer autumn
2023 ▾
Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Syritta pipiens · Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +14
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2022 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2022 Foxglove · Red Clover · Bush Vetch · Oxeye Daisy · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill +4
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea Red Clover Trifolium pratense2023 Bush Vetch Vicia sepium2023 Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare2023 Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum2023 Druce's Crane's-bill Geranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,236 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 17 species
winter spring autumn
2025 ▾
Mute Swan · Cormorant · Mallard · Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull +12
Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Greylag Goose Anser anser2023 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2023 Gadwall Mareca strepera2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2019 House Martin Delichon urbicum2019 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2019 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2018 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐝 Insects 19 species
summer autumn
2023 ▾
Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Syritta pipiens · Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +14
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2022 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2022 Foxglove · Red Clover · Bush Vetch · Oxeye Daisy · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill +4
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea Red Clover Trifolium pratense2023 Bush Vetch Vicia sepium2023 Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare2023 Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum2023 Druce's Crane's-bill Geranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Painted Lady
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui2019
Vanessa cardui2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2019
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2019
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2022
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2022
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2021
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2021
Ashy Mining Bee Andrena cineraria2020
Ashy Mining Bee Andrena cineraria2020
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2019
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2019
Peacock Aglais io2018
Peacock Aglais io2018
Small White Pieris rapae2018
Small White Pieris rapae2018
Large White Pieris brassicae2018
Large White Pieris brassicae2018
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2018
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2018
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2018
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2018 2023
2023
Black Medick Medicago lupulina2023
Black Medick Medicago lupulina2023
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2023
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2023
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris2023
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris2023 