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Laphroaig Bicentenary Cairn

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

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55.63291, -6.15250

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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

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Hooded Crow, Chaffinch, Robin +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Hooded Crow, Chaffinch, Robin +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Stinking Dapperling, Ochre Brittlegill, Fruity Brittlegill +1 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Stinking Dapperling, Ochre Brittlegill, Fruity Brittlegill +1 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Heath Bumblebee, Helophilus pendulus, Bombus lucorum +9 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Heath Bumblebee, Helophilus pendulus, Bombus lucorum +9 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Small Nettle · last seen 2024; Plants — Small Nettle · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Distilleries PathwayWalking route5.5 km

Named routeLength 5.5 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Distilleries PathwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,685 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,685 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

autumn

2026

Hooded Crow · Chaffinch · Robin · Rook · Blackbird +75

Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2020
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
RavenCorvus corax2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2022
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2020
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2022
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2020
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
RedshankTringa totanus2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2020
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
TealAnas crecca2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2022
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
SwiftApus apus2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
WigeonMareca penelope2020
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020

🦌

Mammals7 species

autumn

2022

Rabbit · Fallow Deer · Hedgehog · Red Deer · Grey Seal +2

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
Fallow DeerDama dama2021
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red DeerCervus elaphus2020
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2021
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects12 species

springsummer

2024

Heath Bumblebee · Helophilus pendulus · Bombus lucorum · Cinnabar · Common Carder Bee +7

Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum

🍄

Fungi4 species

summer

2025

Stinking Dapperling · Ochre Brittlegill · Fruity Brittlegill · Coprinopsis friesii

Stinking DapperlingLepiota cristata
Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca
Fruity BrittlegillRussula queletii
Coprinopsis friesiiCoprinopsis friesii2021

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2024

Small Nettle

Small NettleUrtica urens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,685 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

autumn

2026

Hooded Crow · Chaffinch · Robin · Rook · Blackbird +75

Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2020
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
RavenCorvus corax2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2022
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2020
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2022
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2020
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
RedshankTringa totanus2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2020
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
TealAnas crecca2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2022
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
SwiftApus apus2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
WigeonMareca penelope2020
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020

🦌

Mammals7 species

autumn

2022

Rabbit · Fallow Deer · Hedgehog · Red Deer · Grey Seal +2

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
Fallow DeerDama dama2021
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red DeerCervus elaphus2020
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2021
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects12 species

springsummer

2024

Heath Bumblebee · Helophilus pendulus · Bombus lucorum · Cinnabar · Common Carder Bee +7

Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum

🍄

Fungi4 species

summer

2025

Stinking Dapperling · Ochre Brittlegill · Fruity Brittlegill · Coprinopsis friesii

Stinking DapperlingLepiota cristata
Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca
Fruity BrittlegillRussula queletii
Coprinopsis friesiiCoprinopsis friesii2021

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2024

Small Nettle

Small NettleUrtica urens

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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