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Holy Family Church

📷 Thomas Nugent · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Oystercatcher
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 145m away — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Oystercatcher
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 145m away — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark Giant Horsefly, 7-spot Ladybird, Black Snipefly +1 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Dark Giant Horsefly, 7-spot Ladybird, Black Snipefly +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Religious grounds — local heritage

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Clyde Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Shore Circular PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

38 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 21Cycling route

Named routeRef 21Regional cycle route

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

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

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route56 m

Named routeRef 75Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route19 m

Named routeRef 75Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

21,481 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,481 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds88 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Jackdaw · Oystercatcher · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Little Egret +83

JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RedshankTringa totanus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
CurlewNumenius arquata
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Rock DoveColumba livia
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GreenshankTringa nebularia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RavenCorvus corax
WigeonMareca penelope
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common GullLarus canus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
RookCorvus frugilegus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Great TitParus major
EiderSomateria mollissima
GoosanderMergus merganser
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
TealAnas crecca
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Common TernSterna hirundo
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BuzzardButeo buteo
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RazorbillAlca torda
SiskinSpinus spinus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
ShagGulosus aristotelis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
DunlinCalidris alpina
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
Pandion haliaetus haliaetusPandion haliaetus haliaetus
GannetMorus bassanus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
RedwingTurdus iliacus

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Mammals4 species

winter

2025

Rabbit · Brown Rat · Otter · Grey Squirrel

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
OtterLutra lutra
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Dark Giant Horsefly · Black Snipefly · 7-spot Ladybird · Notch-horned Cleg

Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,481 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds88 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Jackdaw · Oystercatcher · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Little Egret +83

JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RedshankTringa totanus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
CurlewNumenius arquata
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Rock DoveColumba livia
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GreenshankTringa nebularia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RavenCorvus corax
WigeonMareca penelope
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common GullLarus canus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
RookCorvus frugilegus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Great TitParus major
EiderSomateria mollissima
GoosanderMergus merganser
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
TealAnas crecca
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Common TernSterna hirundo
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BuzzardButeo buteo
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RazorbillAlca torda
SiskinSpinus spinus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
ShagGulosus aristotelis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
DunlinCalidris alpina
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
Pandion haliaetus haliaetusPandion haliaetus haliaetus
GannetMorus bassanus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
RedwingTurdus iliacus

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2025

Rabbit · Brown Rat · Otter · Grey Squirrel

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
OtterLutra lutra
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Dark Giant Horsefly · Black Snipefly · 7-spot Ladybird · Notch-horned Cleg

Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Thomas Nugent · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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