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Kerelaw Castle

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📷 Leslie Barrie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Jackdaw
✦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

🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Jackdaw
✦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

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Black-headed Gull +96 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Black-headed Gull +96 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Sciara +18 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Sciara +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Fox-and-cubs, Tutsan +4 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Fox-and-cubs, Tutsan +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ayrshire Coastal PathWalking route170 km

Long-distance hiking route. A designated 'Scotland's Great Trail'.

Named routeLength 170 kmNational walking route

New Town TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Whithorn Way - a Glasgow Cathedral to GirvanWalking route

This creation is Glasgow Cathedral to Girvan. Any route from Girvan is a busy road with no shoulders. Bus/Train to Barrhill and continue to Whithorn, the spiritual home of Saint Ninian..

Named routeRef WW-aRegional walking route

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Cycling

99 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 73Cycling route

Named routeRef 73National Cycle Network

Route 753Cycling route

Named routeRef 753National Cycle Network

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

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route1.7 km

Named routeRef 73Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route263 m

Named routeRef 753Length 263 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

16,065 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,065 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds101 species

springsummer

2026

Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Oystercatcher · Magpie +96

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great TitParus major2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
CootFulica atra2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicus2024
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Otter · Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
OtterLutra lutra
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐝

Insects21 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sciara · Eupeodes corollae · Syrphus +16

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
SciaraSciara
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
SyrphusSyrphus
Vagrant EmperorAnax ephippiger
WirewormElateridae
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
EupeodesEupeodes
Chilacis typhaeChilacis typhae
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Anasimyia contractaAnasimyia contracta
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum

🌿

Plants13 species

spring

2025

Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Mossy Stonecrop · Japanese Knotweed · Fox-and-cubs · Tutsan +8

Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites2024
Mossy StonecropCrassula tillaea2024
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2024
Hoary MugwortArtemisia stelleriana2024
Sea SpurgeEuphorbia paralias2024
SalsolaSalsola2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,065 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds101 species

springsummer

2026

Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Oystercatcher · Magpie +96

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great TitParus major2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
CootFulica atra2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicus2024
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Otter · Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
OtterLutra lutra
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐝

Insects21 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sciara · Eupeodes corollae · Syrphus +16

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
SciaraSciara
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
SyrphusSyrphus
Vagrant EmperorAnax ephippiger
WirewormElateridae
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
EupeodesEupeodes
Chilacis typhaeChilacis typhae
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Anasimyia contractaAnasimyia contracta
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum

🌿

Plants13 species

spring

2025

Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Mossy Stonecrop · Japanese Knotweed · Fox-and-cubs · Tutsan +8

Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites2024
Mossy StonecropCrassula tillaea2024
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2024
Hoary MugwortArtemisia stelleriana2024
Sea SpurgeEuphorbia paralias2024
SalsolaSalsola2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Leslie Barrie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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