Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
56.13279, -5.48623
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 235m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 235m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Goldfinch +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Goldfinch +55 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
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
19,264 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,264 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
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- 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
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- 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 · Red Admiral · Bibio pomonae · Yellow-legged Furrow Bee +8
- Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae
- Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus
- 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
19,264 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
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- 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
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- 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 · Red Admiral · Bibio pomonae · Yellow-legged Furrow Bee +8
- Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae
- Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus
- 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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