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Getting here
56.13558, -5.48468
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Goldfinch +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Goldfinch +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Marbled Carpet, Dark Marbled Carpet, Square-spot Rustic +218 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Chicken Of The Woods, Boeremia hedericola, Ballerina · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Crinan CanalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 78National Cycle Network
Caledonia WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route898 m▾
Named routeLength 898 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
19,443 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,443 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Chaffinch · Pied Wagtail · Hooded Crow · Goldfinch +39
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee · Eristalis intricaria · Yellow-legged Furrow Bee · Red Admiral · Bibio pomonae +8
- Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Chicken Of The Woods
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,443 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Chaffinch · Pied Wagtail · Hooded Crow · Goldfinch +39
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee · Eristalis intricaria · Yellow-legged Furrow Bee · Red Admiral · Bibio pomonae +8
- Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Chicken Of The Woods
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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