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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
⚽Playing fields 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

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

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6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Pied Wagtail +82 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Pied Wagtail +82 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sea Sandwort, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Common Toadflax +39 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Sea Sandwort, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Common Toadflax +39 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Eristalis pertinax, 7-spot Ladybird, Platycheirus scutatus +14 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, 7-spot Ladybird, Platycheirus scutatus +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Flowering Currant, Hawthorn, Bramble

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Ayrshire Coastal PathWalking route170 km

Long-distance hiking route. A designated 'Scotland's Great Trail'.

Named routeLength 170 kmNational walking route

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Cycling

39 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 73Cycling route

Named routeRef 73National Cycle Network

Route 753Cycling route

Named routeRef 753National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.7 km

Named routeRef 73Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route263 m

Named routeRef 753Length 263 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route489 m

Named routeRef 753Length 489 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route350 m

Named routeRef 73Length 350 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

11,395 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,395 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds87 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Pied Wagtail · Starling · Great Black-backed Gull +82

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024

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Mammals6 species

springautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Minke Whale · Grey Seal · Pipistrelle Bat species +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Minke WhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐝

Insects17 species

springautumn

2025

Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Platycheirus scutatus · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Beraea +12

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
BeraeaBeraea
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Vagrant EmperorAnax ephippiger
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Limnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsus2024
Sea BristletailPetrobius maritimus2024
Philotarsus parvicepsPhilotarsus parviceps2024
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2024
Cereal Leaf BeetleOulema duftschmidi/melanopus2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2024
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024

🌿

Plants45 species

spring

2025

Sea Sandwort · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Common Toadflax · Hedera helix · Danish Scurvygrass +40

Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2024
Hedera helixHedera helix2024
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2024
Sea RocketCakile maritima
Garden TickseedCoreopsis tinctoria2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Hieracium sabaudum f. bladoniiHieracium sabaudum f. bladonii2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2024
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Mossy StonecropCrassula tillaea2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024
GorseUlex europaeus2024
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Biting StonecropSedum acre2024
Erophila vernaErophila verna2024
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Early Pampas-grassCortaderia richardii2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,395 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds87 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Pied Wagtail · Starling · Great Black-backed Gull +82

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024

🦌

Mammals6 species

springautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Minke Whale · Grey Seal · Pipistrelle Bat species +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Minke WhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐝

Insects17 species

springautumn

2025

Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Platycheirus scutatus · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Beraea +12

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
BeraeaBeraea
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Vagrant EmperorAnax ephippiger
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Limnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsus2024
Sea BristletailPetrobius maritimus2024
Philotarsus parvicepsPhilotarsus parviceps2024
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2024
Cereal Leaf BeetleOulema duftschmidi/melanopus2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2024
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024

🌿

Plants45 species

spring

2025

Sea Sandwort · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Common Toadflax · Hedera helix · Danish Scurvygrass +40

Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2024
Hedera helixHedera helix2024
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2024
Sea RocketCakile maritima
Garden TickseedCoreopsis tinctoria2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Hieracium sabaudum f. bladoniiHieracium sabaudum f. bladonii2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2024
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Mossy StonecropCrassula tillaea2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024
GorseUlex europaeus2024
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Biting StonecropSedum acre2024
Erophila vernaErophila verna2024
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Early Pampas-grassCortaderia richardii2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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