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Killough Green Recreation Area

1 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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54.25503, -5.64431

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPicnic spot

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Curlew +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Curlew +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Common Rustic agg., Light Brown Apple Moth +140 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Common Rustic agg., Light Brown Apple Moth +140 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Good match

picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Castle LaneWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Sheepland loopWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Lecale Way (Ulster Way Section)Walking route66 km

Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route

Sheepland Harbour PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

St Patrick's Way: The Pilgrim WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

6,717 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,717 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds87 species

winter

2025

Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Curlew · Great Black-backed Gull · Oystercatcher +82

Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedshankTringa totanus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
DunlinCalidris alpina
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Common GullLarus canus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RookCorvus frugilegus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
LapwingVanellus vanellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
TealAnas crecca
ShagGulosus aristotelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Great TitParus major
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
MagpiePica pica2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Rock DoveColumba livia
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BuzzardButeo buteo
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
KnotCalidris canutus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
PochardAythya ferina
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2023
Scandinavian Rock PipitAnthus petrosus littoralis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GadwallMareca strepera
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Eastern Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros ochruros
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
GannetMorus bassanus2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2023
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

spring

2025

Hedgehog · Badger

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects143 species

summer

2025

Large Yellow Underwing · Common Rustic agg. · Light Brown Apple Moth · Straw Grass-veneer · Heart & Dart +138

Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2024
Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2024
Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella2024
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2024
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2024
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2024
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2024
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2024
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2024
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2024
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2024
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2024
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2024
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2024
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2024
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2024
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2024
Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata2024
Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2024
Small MagpieAnania hortulata2024
Silver YAutographa gamma2024
Early ThornSelenia dentaria2024
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2024
YponomeutaYponomeuta2024
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2024
Brown China-markElophila nymphaeata
Feathered RanunculusPolymixis lichenea2024
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2024
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2024
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2024
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2024
Small Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila porcellus2024
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2024
Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2024
Garden TigerArctia caja2024
Pod LoverHadena perplexa capsophila2024
Early GreyXylocampa areola2023
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2024
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2024
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2024
Grey DaggerAcronicta psi2024
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2024
Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula2024
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2024
Fan-footHerminia tarsipennalis2024
Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2024
Peppered MothBiston betularia2024
Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2024
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica2024
Common Grass-veneerAgriphila tristella2023
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2023
Plum TortrixHedya pruniana2023
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2024
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2024
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2024
Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2024
Rosy MinorLitoligia literosa2024
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2024
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2024
Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2024
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2024
Small Fan-footHerminia grisealis2024
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2024
Plain Golden YAutographa jota2024
Small Angle ShadesEuplexia lucipara2024
Clouded-bordered BrindleApamea crenata2024
Muslin MothDiaphora mendica2024
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2023
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2023
Gold SpotPlusia festucae2023
Black-fronted StrawCochylichroa atricapitana2023
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2023
Riband Wave (non-banded form)Idaea aversata ab. remutata2023
Bee MothAphomia sociella2023
Map-winged SwiftKorscheltellus fusconebulosa2023
Thistle ErmineMyelois circumvoluta2023
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Dark Fruit-tree TortrixPandemis heparana2024
Little GreyEudonia lacustrata2024
Grass EmeraldPseudoterpna pruinata2024
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2024
V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2024
Meadow Grass-mothCrambus lathoniellus2024
Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2024
Brown House-mothHofmannophila pseudospretella2024
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2024
Pinion-streaked SnoutSchrankia costaestrigalis2024
Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.2024
Broad-barred WhiteHecatera bicolorata2024
Grey PugEupithecia subfuscata2024
Brindled BuffAgonopterix arenella2024
Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2023
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2023
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri hesperica2023
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2023
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2023
Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2023
Pale Straw PearlUdea lutealis2023
Oblique CarpetOrthonama vittata2023
Straw DotRivula sericealis2023
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2023
Thistle MarbleLobesia abscisana2023
Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2023
Common Brindled BrownAgonopterix heracliana2023
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2023
Dotted ClayXestia baja2023
Small GreyEudonia mercurella2023
Thistle StrawAethes cnicana2023
Meadow Hook-wingAncylis badiana2023
Muslin FootmanNudaria mundana2023
Large EmeraldGeometra papilionaria2023
GothicNaenia typica2023
Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2023
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2023
Double DartGraphiphora augur2023
Pale-shouldered BrocadeLacanobia thalassina2023
FlameAxylia putris2023
Large GreyScoparia subfusca2023
RusticHoplodrina blanda2023
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2023
Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria2023
Large Ivy TortrixLozotaenia forsterana2023
Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2023
Scalloped HazelOdontopera bidentata2023
Common PugEupithecia vulgata2023
Common GreyScoparia ambigualis2023
Marbled White SpotProtodeltote pygarga2023
Garden PearlUdea olivalis2023
Ghost MothHepialus humuli2023
Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella2023
Clouded SilverLomographa temerata2023
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023
Cryptic Wood WhiteLeptidea juvernica2023
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2023
CampionSideridis rivularis2023
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2023
Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,717 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds87 species

winter

2025

Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Curlew · Great Black-backed Gull · Oystercatcher +82

Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedshankTringa totanus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
DunlinCalidris alpina
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Common GullLarus canus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RookCorvus frugilegus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
LapwingVanellus vanellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
TealAnas crecca
ShagGulosus aristotelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Great TitParus major
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
MagpiePica pica2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Rock DoveColumba livia
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BuzzardButeo buteo
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
KnotCalidris canutus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
PochardAythya ferina
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2023
Scandinavian Rock PipitAnthus petrosus littoralis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GadwallMareca strepera
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Eastern Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros ochruros
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
GannetMorus bassanus2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2023
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

spring

2025

Hedgehog · Badger

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects143 species

summer

2025

Large Yellow Underwing · Common Rustic agg. · Light Brown Apple Moth · Straw Grass-veneer · Heart & Dart +138

Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2024
Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2024
Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella2024
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2024
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2024
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2024
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2024
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2024
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2024
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2024
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2024
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2024
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2024
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2024
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2024
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2024
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2024
Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata2024
Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2024
Small MagpieAnania hortulata2024
Silver YAutographa gamma2024
Early ThornSelenia dentaria2024
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2024
YponomeutaYponomeuta2024
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2024
Brown China-markElophila nymphaeata
Feathered RanunculusPolymixis lichenea2024
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2024
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2024
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2024
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2024
Small Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila porcellus2024
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2024
Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2024
Garden TigerArctia caja2024
Pod LoverHadena perplexa capsophila2024
Early GreyXylocampa areola2023
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2024
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2024
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2024
Grey DaggerAcronicta psi2024
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2024
Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula2024
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2024
Fan-footHerminia tarsipennalis2024
Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2024
Peppered MothBiston betularia2024
Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2024
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica2024
Common Grass-veneerAgriphila tristella2023
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2023
Plum TortrixHedya pruniana2023
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2024
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2024
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2024
Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2024
Rosy MinorLitoligia literosa2024
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2024
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2024
Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2024
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2024
Small Fan-footHerminia grisealis2024
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2024
Plain Golden YAutographa jota2024
Small Angle ShadesEuplexia lucipara2024
Clouded-bordered BrindleApamea crenata2024
Muslin MothDiaphora mendica2024
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2023
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2023
Gold SpotPlusia festucae2023
Black-fronted StrawCochylichroa atricapitana2023
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2023
Riband Wave (non-banded form)Idaea aversata ab. remutata2023
Bee MothAphomia sociella2023
Map-winged SwiftKorscheltellus fusconebulosa2023
Thistle ErmineMyelois circumvoluta2023
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Dark Fruit-tree TortrixPandemis heparana2024
Little GreyEudonia lacustrata2024
Grass EmeraldPseudoterpna pruinata2024
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2024
V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2024
Meadow Grass-mothCrambus lathoniellus2024
Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2024
Brown House-mothHofmannophila pseudospretella2024
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2024
Pinion-streaked SnoutSchrankia costaestrigalis2024
Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.2024
Broad-barred WhiteHecatera bicolorata2024
Grey PugEupithecia subfuscata2024
Brindled BuffAgonopterix arenella2024
Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2023
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2023
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri hesperica2023
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2023
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2023
Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2023
Pale Straw PearlUdea lutealis2023
Oblique CarpetOrthonama vittata2023
Straw DotRivula sericealis2023
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2023
Thistle MarbleLobesia abscisana2023
Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2023
Common Brindled BrownAgonopterix heracliana2023
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2023
Dotted ClayXestia baja2023
Small GreyEudonia mercurella2023
Thistle StrawAethes cnicana2023
Meadow Hook-wingAncylis badiana2023
Muslin FootmanNudaria mundana2023
Large EmeraldGeometra papilionaria2023
GothicNaenia typica2023
Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2023
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2023
Double DartGraphiphora augur2023
Pale-shouldered BrocadeLacanobia thalassina2023
FlameAxylia putris2023
Large GreyScoparia subfusca2023
RusticHoplodrina blanda2023
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2023
Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria2023
Large Ivy TortrixLozotaenia forsterana2023
Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2023
Scalloped HazelOdontopera bidentata2023
Common PugEupithecia vulgata2023
Common GreyScoparia ambigualis2023
Marbled White SpotProtodeltote pygarga2023
Garden PearlUdea olivalis2023
Ghost MothHepialus humuli2023
Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella2023
Clouded SilverLomographa temerata2023
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023
Cryptic Wood WhiteLeptidea juvernica2023
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2023
CampionSideridis rivularis2023
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2023
Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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