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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.67049, -6.06705
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, House Martin +40 more · last seen 2023; Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, House Martin +40 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Peacock +2 more · last seen 2014; Insects — Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Peacock +2 more · last seen 2014
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Trench LaneWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Photos

J2482 : VR wall box, Lylehill , Templepatrick/Loanends (April 2016)
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Wildlife to spot
260 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
260 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringsummer
2023▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · House Martin · Lesser Redpoll · Chaffinch +38
- Great TitParus major2014
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2012
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2012
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2018
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2012
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2012
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2012
- RobinErithacus rubecula2012
- DipperCinclus cinclus2012
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2011
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2011
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2011
- JackdawColoeus monedula2011
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2011
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2011
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2011
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2011
- MagpiePica pica2011
- RookCorvus frugilegus2011
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis2012
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2011
- SwiftApus apus2015
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2012
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2011
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2011
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2011
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2011
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2012
- SiskinSpinus spinus2012
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2011
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2011
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2011
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2010
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2010
- Common GullLarus canus2010
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2010
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2010
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2010
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2010
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2010
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2010
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2010
🦌Mammals1 species
springautumn
2015▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Speckled Wood · Peacock · Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell · Orange-tip
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- PeacockAglais io
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2013
Water Avens · Hawthorn · Cleavers · Beech · Sticky Mouse-ear +25
- Water AvensGeum rivale
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- CleaversGalium aparine
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
260 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringsummer
2023▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · House Martin · Lesser Redpoll · Chaffinch +38
- Great TitParus major2014
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2012
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2012
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2018
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2012
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2012
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2012
- RobinErithacus rubecula2012
- DipperCinclus cinclus2012
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2011
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2011
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2011
- JackdawColoeus monedula2011
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2011
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2011
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2011
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2011
- MagpiePica pica2011
- RookCorvus frugilegus2011
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis2012
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2011
- SwiftApus apus2015
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2012
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2011
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2011
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2011
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2011
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2012
- SiskinSpinus spinus2012
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2011
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2011
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2011
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2010
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2010
- Common GullLarus canus2010
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2010
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2010
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2010
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2010
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2010
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2010
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2010
🦌Mammals1 species
springautumn
2015▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Speckled Wood · Peacock · Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell · Orange-tip
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- PeacockAglais io
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2013
Water Avens · Hawthorn · Cleavers · Beech · Sticky Mouse-ear +25
- Water AvensGeum rivale
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- CleaversGalium aparine
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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