🦅Birds🍂Seasonal🌿Foraging
Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.40099, -5.64685
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Swallow
- 🌿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
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Swallow
- 🌿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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Magpie, Swallow, Dipper +46 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Magpie, Swallow, Dipper +46 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Jacobaea, Heath Rush, Water Avens +194 more · last seen 2013; Plants — Jacobaea, Heath Rush, Water Avens +194 more · last seen 2013
Free
Plants — Marsh Hawk's-beard, Autumn Hawkbit, Elder +19 more foraging species
Varies
Birds — Magpie, Swallow, Dipper +46 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Magpie, Swallow, Dipper +46 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Scotch Argus, Orange-tip, Small Tortoiseshell · last seen 2017; Insects — Scotch Argus, Orange-tip, Small Tortoiseshell · last seen 2017
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Kintyre WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Caledonia WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
512 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
512 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2024▾
Magpie · Dipper · Greenland White-fronted Goose · Hooded Crow · Rook +36
- MagpiePica pica2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2022
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides2022
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RavenCorvus corax
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2014
- Common GullLarus canus2014
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2014
- WigeonMareca penelope2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- Todd's Canada GooseBranta canadensis interior2022
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- GannetMorus bassanus2016
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2016
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2014
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2017▾
Orange-tip · Small Tortoiseshell
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2015
Elder · Greater Plantain · Red Clover · Cat's-ear · Brown Bent +111
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Brown BentAgrostis vinealis
- Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
512 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2024▾
Magpie · Dipper · Greenland White-fronted Goose · Hooded Crow · Rook +36
- MagpiePica pica2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2022
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides2022
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RavenCorvus corax
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2014
- Common GullLarus canus2014
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2014
- WigeonMareca penelope2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- Todd's Canada GooseBranta canadensis interior2022
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- GannetMorus bassanus2016
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2016
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2014
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2017▾
Orange-tip · Small Tortoiseshell
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2015
Elder · Greater Plantain · Red Clover · Cat's-ear · Brown Bent +111
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Brown BentAgrostis vinealis
- Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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