Plants — Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Pointed Spear-moss +82 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Pointed Spear-moss +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
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Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Chrysolina banksii, Meadow Brown +23 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Chrysolina banksii, Meadow Brown +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
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Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Larch Bolete, Redlead Roundhead · last seen 2025; Fungi — Larch Bolete, Redlead Roundhead · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
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Walking
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5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ulster Way Link SectionsWalking route1000 km▾
"The Ulster Way Link Sections are not waymarked and mainly on public roads some of which can be very busy. Walkers are actively encouraged to make use of public transport along these sections"
Named routeLength 1000 kmRound trip
Belfast Castle Estate TrailWalking route▾
Named route
Hilltop WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cave Hill TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Trench LaneWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling
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19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ballysillan Playing FieldsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network National Route 93Cycling route▾
"National Route 93 of the National Cycle Network is formed of sections of traffic-free route between Derry and Larne." (most of the route was de-designated in Summer 2020)
Named routeRef 93Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
National Cycle Network National Route 93 ExtensionCycling route▾
Named routeRef 93National Cycle Network
WaterworksCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route372 m▾
Named routeRef 93Length 372 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route59 m▾
Named routeRef 93Length 59 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
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Wildlife to spot
1,315 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,315 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Birds41 species
winter
2025▾
House Sparrow · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit +36
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Coal TitPeriparus ater
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
TealAnas crecca2023
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SwallowHirundo rustica
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Common GullLarus canus2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
CootFulica atra2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
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Mammals1 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
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Insects12 species
summer
2025▾
Red Admiral · Garden Stilt · Speckled Wood · Humming-bird Hawk-moth · Common Green Grasshopper +7
