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Kingscross, dun site

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📷 M J Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.50945, -5.08005

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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

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, Shag, Mute Swan +84 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Shag, Mute Swan +84 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Dark red crusts, Sea Beech, encrusting algae indet. +61 more · last seen 2019; Plants — Dark red crusts, Sea Beech, encrusting algae indet. +61 more · last seen 2019

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Green-veined White, Small White, Green Tiger Beetle +13 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green-veined White, Small White, Green Tiger Beetle +13 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Conifer Mazegill · last seen 2019; Fungi — Conifer Mazegill · last seen 2019

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Arran Coastal WayWalking route

Named routeRound tripNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

8,523 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,523 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Whooper Swan · Robin · Herring Gull · Song Thrush · Cormorant +56

Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common GullLarus canus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
EiderSomateria mollissima
DunnockPrunella modularis
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GannetMorus bassanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SwallowHirundo rustica
RedshankTringa totanus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
RavenCorvus corax
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Charadrius hiaticula hiaticulaCharadrius hiaticula hiaticula
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Great TitParus major2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Wild Cat Hybrid

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Wild Cat HybridFelis silvestris x catus2024

🐝

Insects3 species

springautumn

2025

Green Tiger Beetle · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Celery Leaf Beetle

Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
Celery Leaf BeetlePhaedon tumidulus2024

🌿

Plants24 species

summer

2024

Rubus polyanthemus · Rubus nemoralis · Rubus boudiccae · Rubus hebridensis · Rubus lindleianus +19

Rubus polyanthemusRubus polyanthemus
Rubus nemoralisRubus nemoralis
Rubus boudiccaeRubus boudiccae
Rubus hebridensisRubus hebridensis
Rubus lindleianusRubus lindleianus
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
Rubus dumnoniensisRubus dumnoniensis
Rubus scoticusRubus scoticus
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
ChaffweedLysimachia minima
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Erophila vernaErophila verna
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2023
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2023
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2023
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2023
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,523 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Whooper Swan · Robin · Herring Gull · Song Thrush · Cormorant +56

Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common GullLarus canus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
EiderSomateria mollissima
DunnockPrunella modularis
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GannetMorus bassanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SwallowHirundo rustica
RedshankTringa totanus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
RavenCorvus corax
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Charadrius hiaticula hiaticulaCharadrius hiaticula hiaticula
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Great TitParus major2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Wild Cat Hybrid

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Wild Cat HybridFelis silvestris x catus2024

🐝

Insects3 species

springautumn

2025

Green Tiger Beetle · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Celery Leaf Beetle

Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
Celery Leaf BeetlePhaedon tumidulus2024

🌿

Plants24 species

summer

2024

Rubus polyanthemus · Rubus nemoralis · Rubus boudiccae · Rubus hebridensis · Rubus lindleianus +19

Rubus polyanthemusRubus polyanthemus
Rubus nemoralisRubus nemoralis
Rubus boudiccaeRubus boudiccae
Rubus hebridensisRubus hebridensis
Rubus lindleianusRubus lindleianus
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
Rubus dumnoniensisRubus dumnoniensis
Rubus scoticusRubus scoticus
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
ChaffweedLysimachia minima
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Erophila vernaErophila verna
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2023
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2023
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2023
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2023
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 M J Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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