Lanemark Collieries Boigside No2
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Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.39122, -4.22594
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- ✦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
- 🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Teal +85 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Teal +85 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Large Red Damselfly, Common Blue +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Aspen, Welsh Poppy, Marsh-bedstraw +111 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Birch Jelly, Yellow Swamp Brittlegill, Puccinia poarum · last seen 2020
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Rail Bridge over River Nith
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Wildlife to spot
1,567 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,567 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Mute Swan · Moorhen · Robin · Teal +45
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- WigeonMareca penelope2022
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Broad Centurion · Leucozona glaucia · Common Blue Damselfly +15
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Eristalis arbustorum
🌿Plants26 species
springsummer
2025▾
Japanese Knotweed · Smith's Pepperwort · Yellow-rattle · Wood Anemone · Ground-ivy +21
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Smith's PepperwortLepidium heterophyllum2024
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2023
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,567 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Mute Swan · Moorhen · Robin · Teal +45
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- WigeonMareca penelope2022
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Broad Centurion · Leucozona glaucia · Common Blue Damselfly +15
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Eristalis arbustorum
🌿Plants26 species
springsummer
2025▾
Japanese Knotweed · Smith's Pepperwort · Yellow-rattle · Wood Anemone · Ground-ivy +21
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Smith's PepperwortLepidium heterophyllum2024
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2023
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis arbustorum
Eristalis arbustorum
Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatusMottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisEristalisEristalisEristalisEristalisCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaGreen Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridulaGreen Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridulaEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaRhingia campestrisRhingia campestrisRhingia campestrisRhingia campestrisHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024Coltsfoot
Coltsfoot
Tussilago farfara2023
Tussilago farfara2023
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023Greater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorZigzag CloverTrifolium mediumZigzag CloverTrifolium mediumGoat's-beardTragopogon pratensisGoat's-beardTragopogon pratensisSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareNorthern DockRumex longifoliusNorthern DockRumex longifoliusPerennial CornflowerCentaurea montanaPerennial CornflowerCentaurea montanaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensFeverfewTanacetum partheniumFeverfewTanacetum partheniumMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisWelsh PoppyPapaver cambricumWelsh PoppyPapaver cambricumGrey-headed HawkweedHieracium neopinnatifidumGrey-headed HawkweedHieracium neopinnatifidumCommon ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2024Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2024MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2024Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2024Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2024Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2024CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024