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Kenmure Castle

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📷 Darren Haddock · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.06324, -4.13837

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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
✦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

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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Robin +84 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Robin +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Azure Damselfly, Helophilus pendulus, Common Darter +46 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Helophilus pendulus, Common Darter +46 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Dilated Scalewort · last seen 2025; Plants — Dilated Scalewort · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Raiders' Road Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef RRLocal cycle route

National Byway (SW Scotland)Cycling route

National Byway in the Solway Firth area

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

7,908 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,908 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springautumn

2026

Blackbird · Goldfinch · Song Thrush · Willow Warbler · Chiffchaff +62

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
MagpiePica pica
Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Mole · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects10 species

springsummer

2026

Common Green Grasshopper · Azure Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Helophilus pendulus · Cicadella viridis +5

Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,908 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springautumn

2026

Blackbird · Goldfinch · Song Thrush · Willow Warbler · Chiffchaff +62

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
MagpiePica pica
Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Mole · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects10 species

springsummer

2026

Common Green Grasshopper · Azure Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Helophilus pendulus · Cicadella viridis +5

Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Darren Haddock · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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