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Lismahon Motte

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54.27896, -5.80632

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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

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Curlew, Black-headed Gull, Oystercatcher +77 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Curlew, Black-headed Gull, Oystercatcher +77 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red Admiral, Migrant Hawker, Green Shieldbug +34 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red Admiral, Migrant Hawker, Green Shieldbug +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Irish Whitebeam, Wood Vetch, Bittersweet · last seen 2024; Plants — Irish Whitebeam, Wood Vetch, Bittersweet · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

17 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Newcastle WayWalking route42.5 km

Named routeLength 42.5 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Cumran LaneWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Castle LaneWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Dam WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Seaforde Woodland WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Clough to Dundrum Cycleway/FootwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 2 - The Slieve Croob RouteCycling route25 km

Named routeRef 2Length 25 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Dundrum Coastal PathCycling route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle routeSurface grass

Wildlife to spot

1,851 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,851 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Black-headed Gull · Lapwing · Little Egret · Curlew · Mute Swan +49

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
CurlewNumenius arquata
Mute SwanCygnus olor
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common GullLarus canus
RedshankTringa totanus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
RookCorvus frugilegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TealAnas crecca
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunlinCalidris alpina
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Great White EgretArdea alba
KnotCalidris canutus
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
SwallowHirundo rustica
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects4 species

summerautumn

2025

Migrant Hawker · Red Admiral · Green Shieldbug · Hawthorn Shieldbug

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,851 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Black-headed Gull · Lapwing · Little Egret · Curlew · Mute Swan +49

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
CurlewNumenius arquata
Mute SwanCygnus olor
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common GullLarus canus
RedshankTringa totanus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
RookCorvus frugilegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TealAnas crecca
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunlinCalidris alpina
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Great White EgretArdea alba
KnotCalidris canutus
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
SwallowHirundo rustica
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects4 species

summerautumn

2025

Migrant Hawker · Red Admiral · Green Shieldbug · Hawthorn Shieldbug

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Eric Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

J4238 : The Lismahon Motte alongside the A2 Blackstaff Road

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