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55.24490, -4.48048
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🌿 Foraging 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
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🌿 Foraging 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🦉 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 — Chaffinch, Meadow Pipit, Wren +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Meadow Pipit, Wren +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Black Darter, Common Hawker +78 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Black Darter, Common Hawker +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Alternate Water-milfoil, Sitka Spruce, Shoreweed +246 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Alternate Water-milfoil, Sitka Spruce, Shoreweed +246 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Rowan, Raspberry, Common Sorrel +17 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cornish Hill Trail Walking route 5.4 km ▾
Named route Length 5.4 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (SW Scotland) Cycling route ▾
National Byway in the Solway Firth area
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Loch Bradan from the South West
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Wildlife to spot
825 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 825 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Chaffinch · Wren · Robin · Meadow Pipit · Great Tit +39
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Greylag Goose Anser anser2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2020 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2023 Siskin Spinus spinus2020 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2020 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2020 House Martin Delichon urbicum Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2024 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2024 Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica2024 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Goosander Mergus merganser2023 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2023 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2023 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2023 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Raven Corvus corax2021 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2021 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2020 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2020 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2020 Field Vole
Field Vole Microtus agrestis Common Lizard · Adder
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Adder Vipera berus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Black Darter · Large Red Damselfly · Common Hawker · Sericomyia silentis +11
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii Black Darter Sympetrum danae Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Common Hawker Aeshna juncea Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus Cicadella viridis Sitka Spruce · Cross-leaved Heath · Tormentil · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Marsh Thistle +29
Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix Tormentil Potentilla erecta Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre Creeping Soft-grass Holcus mollis Lesser Sea-spurrey Spergularia marina Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 825 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Chaffinch · Wren · Robin · Meadow Pipit · Great Tit +39
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Greylag Goose Anser anser2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2020 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2023 Siskin Spinus spinus2020 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2020 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2020 House Martin Delichon urbicum Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2024 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2024 Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica2024 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Goosander Mergus merganser2023 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2023 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2023 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2023 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Raven Corvus corax2021 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2021 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2020 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2020 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2020 Field Vole
Field Vole Microtus agrestis Common Lizard · Adder
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Adder Vipera berus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Black Darter · Large Red Damselfly · Common Hawker · Sericomyia silentis +11
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii Black Darter Sympetrum danae Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Common Hawker Aeshna juncea Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus Cicadella viridis Sitka Spruce · Cross-leaved Heath · Tormentil · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Marsh Thistle +29
Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix Tormentil Potentilla erecta Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre Creeping Soft-grass Holcus mollis Lesser Sea-spurrey Spergularia marina Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cicadella viridis
Cicadella viridis
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
Agrypnia Agrypnia
Agrypnia Agrypnia
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Violet Oil-beetle Meloe violaceus2022
Violet Oil-beetle Meloe violaceus2022
Carabus glabratus Carabus glabratus2021
Carabus glabratus Carabus glabratus2021
Grey-headed Hawkweed Hieracium neopinnatifidum
Grey-headed Hawkweed Hieracium neopinnatifidum
Fir Clubmoss Huperzia selago
Fir Clubmoss Huperzia selago
Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum
Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum
Alternate Water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum
Alternate Water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum
Great Sundew Drosera anglica
Great Sundew Drosera anglica
Heath Pearlwort Sagina subulata
Heath Pearlwort Sagina subulata
Velvet Bent Agrostis canina
Velvet Bent Agrostis canina
Bristle Club-rush Isolepis setacea
Bristle Club-rush Isolepis setacea
Lesser Clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides
Lesser Clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides
Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia
Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia
Common Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris
Common Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris
Shoreweed Littorella uniflora
Shoreweed Littorella uniflora
Lesser Bladderwort Utricularia minor
Lesser Bladderwort Utricularia minor
Water Lobelia Lobelia dortmanna
Water Lobelia Lobelia dortmanna
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys
Heather Calluna vulgaris
Heather Calluna vulgaris
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis
Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis
Bell Heather Erica cinerea
Bell Heather Erica cinerea
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2022
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2022
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara2022
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara2022
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2022
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2022
Eared Willow Salix aurita2022
Eared Willow Salix aurita2022 