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🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
56.00368, -4.85080
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Eider
- 💜Bluebell walks 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
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Eider
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Eider, Oystercatcher +73 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
Birds — Goldfinch, Eider, Oystercatcher +73 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Gorse, Daisy, Dandelion +233 more · last seen 2017; Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Painted Lady, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Laird's TrailWalking route3 km▾
Named routeLength 3 kmLocal walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Helensburgh to Garelochhead Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 42Regional cycle route
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
Route 753Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 753National Cycle Network
Five Ferries RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5FRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route355 m▾
Named routeRef 753Length 355 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route713 m▾
Named routeRef 753Length 713 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,464 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,464 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Oystercatcher · Jackdaw · Goldfinch · Gannet · Eider +43
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GannetMorus bassanus2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Common TernSterna hirundo2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2023
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Garrulus glandarius rufitergumGarrulus glandarius rufitergum2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Common Porpoise · Harbour Seal · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2023
- Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2024
- Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
Eristalis arbustorum
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Rubus polyanthemus · Rubus scoticus · Perennial Sow-thistle · Bramble · Rubus lindleianus +64
- Rubus polyanthemusRubus polyanthemus2023
- Rubus scoticusRubus scoticus2023
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
- Rubus lindleianusRubus lindleianus2023
- Dirty-leaved DandelionTaraxacum pachymerum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,464 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Oystercatcher · Jackdaw · Goldfinch · Gannet · Eider +43
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GannetMorus bassanus2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Common TernSterna hirundo2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2023
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Garrulus glandarius rufitergumGarrulus glandarius rufitergum2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Common Porpoise · Harbour Seal · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2023
- Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2024
- Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
Eristalis arbustorum
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Rubus polyanthemus · Rubus scoticus · Perennial Sow-thistle · Bramble · Rubus lindleianus +64
- Rubus polyanthemusRubus polyanthemus2023
- Rubus scoticusRubus scoticus2023
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
- Rubus lindleianusRubus lindleianus2023
- Dirty-leaved DandelionTaraxacum pachymerum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2022Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2022MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2022MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2022SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2022SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2022False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2022False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2022Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2022Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2022HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022Bush VetchVicia sepium2022Bush VetchVicia sepium2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2022Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2022Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022Greater PlantainPlantago major2022Greater PlantainPlantago major2022Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2022Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2022SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022SpiraeaSpiraea2022SpiraeaSpiraea2022SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2022SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2022Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2022Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2022Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2022Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2022Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2022Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2022Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2022Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2022Red CampionSilene dioica2022Red CampionSilene dioica2022IvyHedera helix2022IvyHedera helix2022Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2022Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2022Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2022Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2022Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2022Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2022GroundselSenecio vulgaris2022GroundselSenecio vulgaris2022Sea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima2022Sea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima2022Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2022Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2022Silver BirchBetula pendula2022Silver BirchBetula pendula2022Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2022Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2022TimothyPhleum pratense2022TimothyPhleum pratense2022Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2022Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2022Eared WillowSalix aurita2022Eared WillowSalix aurita2022Hollyberry CotoneasterCotoneaster bullatus2022Hollyberry CotoneasterCotoneaster bullatus2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2022Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022TutsanHypericum androsaemum2022TutsanHypericum androsaemum2022Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2022Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2022Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2022Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2022Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2022Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2022Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2022Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2022Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2022Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022