Lindsay Tower - Crawford Castle (remains of)
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.47469, -3.65557
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Lapwing
- ✦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
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Lapwing
- ✦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 — Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Carrion Crow +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Carrion Crow +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Ringlet, Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell +32 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Field Forget-me-not, Marsh Woundwort, Jacobaea +208 more · last seen 2023
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 74Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 74National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route149 m▾
Named routeRef 74Length 149 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route75 m▾
Named routeRef 74Length 75 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.6 km▾
Named routeRef 74Length 3.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route334 m▾
Named routeRef 74Length 334 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route827 m▾
Named routeRef 74Length 827 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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The remains of Crawford Castle
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
830 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
830 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springautumn
2025▾
Bee-eater · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Lapwing · Curlew +33
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster2018
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
- DipperCinclus cinclus2018
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2018
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2018
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2023▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle +1
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2017
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2017
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2023▾
Eyed Ladybird · Meadow Grasshopper · Small Heath · Peppered Moth
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2022
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
- Peppered MothBiston betularia2017
Lady's Bedstraw · White Clover · Centaurea nigra · Rosebay Willowherb · Meadowsweet +67
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2020
- White CloverTrifolium repens2020
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2020
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2020
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2020
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
830 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springautumn
2025▾
Bee-eater · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Lapwing · Curlew +33
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster2018
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
- DipperCinclus cinclus2018
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2018
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2018
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2023▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle +1
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2017
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2017
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2023▾
Eyed Ladybird · Meadow Grasshopper · Small Heath · Peppered Moth
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2022
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
- Peppered MothBiston betularia2017
Lady's Bedstraw · White Clover · Centaurea nigra · Rosebay Willowherb · Meadowsweet +67
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2020
- White CloverTrifolium repens2020
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2020
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2020
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2020
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Fox
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes2017
Vulpes vulpes2017
2020
2020
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2020Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2020YarrowAchillea millefolium2020YarrowAchillea millefolium2020HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2020HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2020False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2020False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2020SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2020SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2020Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2018Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2018Aconite-leaved ButtercupRanunculus aconitifoliusAconite-leaved ButtercupRanunculus aconitifoliusField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisMarsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022ColtsfootTussilago farfara2020ColtsfootTussilago farfara2020Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2020Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2020Northern DockRumex longifolius2020Northern DockRumex longifolius2020RowanSorbus aucuparia2020RowanSorbus aucuparia2020Wild ThymeThymus drucei2020Wild ThymeThymus drucei2020Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2020Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2020DandelionTaraxacum2020DandelionTaraxacum2020Common NettleUrtica dioica2020Common NettleUrtica dioica2020Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2020Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2020Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2016Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2016GorseUlex europaeus2016GorseUlex europaeus2016RamsonsAllium ursinum2016RamsonsAllium ursinum2016Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2016Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2016Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2016Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2016AshFraxinus excelsior2016AshFraxinus excelsior2016Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2016Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2016Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2016Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2016BeechFagus sylvatica2016BeechFagus sylvatica2016Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2016Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2016Red CloverTrifolium pratense2016Red CloverTrifolium pratense2016Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2016Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2016Early Hair-grassAira praecox2016Early Hair-grassAira praecox2016HeatherCalluna vulgaris2016HeatherCalluna vulgaris2016Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2016Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2016Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2016Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2016Poa pratensisPoa pratensis2016Poa pratensisPoa pratensis2016Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2016Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2016Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2016Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2016Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2016Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2016Goat WillowSalix caprea2016Goat WillowSalix caprea2016Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2016Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2016Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2016Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2016Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2016Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2016ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2016ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2016Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2016Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2016Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2016Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2016Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2016Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2016Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2016Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2016Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2016Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2016Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2016Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2016Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2016Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2016BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2016BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2016LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2016LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2016KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2016KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2016Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2016Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2016CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2016CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2016Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2016Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2016Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2016Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2016Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2016Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2016Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2016Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2016Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2016Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2016PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2016PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2016Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2016Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2016Scots PinePinus sylvestris2016Scots PinePinus sylvestris2016Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2016Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2016BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2016BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2016Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2016Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2016