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Hermand Oil Works

11 ha

📷 M J Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome11 ha

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55.84613, -3.55052

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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
🌿Foraging 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

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

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +48 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +48 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Creeping Thistle, Sitka Spruce, Goat Willow +212 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Creeping Thistle, Sitka Spruce, Goat Willow +212 more · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Meadowsweet, Common Nettle, Raspberry +27 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dead-Nettle Leaf Beetle, Field Grasshopper, Bilberry Bumblebee +16 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Dead-Nettle Leaf Beetle, Field Grasshopper, Bilberry Bumblebee +16 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Yellow WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Green PathWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Red WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

50 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

Peel PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Bankton Mains PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Murieston PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Almond PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Folly Burn PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

8,139 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,139 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

springsummer

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Jackdaw · House Sparrow +29

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
MagpiePica pica2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024

🦌

Mammals8 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Roe Deer · Red Fox · Indet. Deer · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog +3

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Indet. DeerCervidae2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024
BatChiroptera2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects9 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Field Grasshopper · Bilberry Bumblebee · Eristalis pertinax · Helophilus pendulus · Hawthorn Shieldbug +4

Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024

🌿

Plants15 species

summer

2024

Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Lesser Stitchwort · False Oat-grass · Sneezewort · Zigzag Clover +10

Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Early Pampas-grassCortaderia richardii
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,139 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

springsummer

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Jackdaw · House Sparrow +29

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
MagpiePica pica2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024

🦌

Mammals8 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Roe Deer · Red Fox · Indet. Deer · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog +3

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Indet. DeerCervidae2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024
BatChiroptera2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects9 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Field Grasshopper · Bilberry Bumblebee · Eristalis pertinax · Helophilus pendulus · Hawthorn Shieldbug +4

Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024

🌿

Plants15 species

summer

2024

Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Lesser Stitchwort · False Oat-grass · Sneezewort · Zigzag Clover +10

Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Early Pampas-grassCortaderia richardii
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 M J Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Looking north from Hermand Birchwood

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