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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
57.62090, -6.39006
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Corncrake and Greylag Goose
- ✦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
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Corncrake and Greylag Goose
- ✦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 — Corncrake, Greylag Goose, Hooded Crow +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Corncrake, Greylag Goose, Hooded Crow +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Sharp-flowered Rush, Wild Angelica +215 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Dasineura ulmaria, Melanostoma scalare, Platycheirus albimanus +5 more · last seen 2021
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Jelly Ear · last seen 2019
Varies
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Monkstadt House with An Dubh Sgeir and An t-Iasgair in the distance
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Wildlife to spot
2,224 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,224 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
springsummer
2025▾
Corncrake · Great Northern Diver · Raven · Greylag Goose · Snipe +17
- CorncrakeCrex crex2024
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- RavenCorvus corax
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2020
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2021▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Melanostoma scalare · Platycheirus albimanus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Jelly Ear
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Montbretia · Primrose · Floating Sweet-grass · Sharp-flowered Rush · Lesser Celandine +56
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2019
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2019
- Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2019
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,224 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
springsummer
2025▾
Corncrake · Great Northern Diver · Raven · Greylag Goose · Snipe +17
- CorncrakeCrex crex2024
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- RavenCorvus corax
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2020
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2021▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Melanostoma scalare · Platycheirus albimanus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Jelly Ear
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Montbretia · Primrose · Floating Sweet-grass · Sharp-flowered Rush · Lesser Celandine +56
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2019
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2019
- Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2019
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2021Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2021Potts' MontbretiaCrocosmia pottsii2019Potts' MontbretiaCrocosmia pottsii2019FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2018FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2018Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2018Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2018Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2018Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2018Soft-rushJuncus effusus2018Soft-rushJuncus effusus2018Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2018Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2018SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2018SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2018Water MintMentha aquatica2018Water MintMentha aquatica2018Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2018Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2018Ranunculus flammula subsp. flammulaRanunculus flammula subsp. flammula2018Ranunculus flammula subsp. flammulaRanunculus flammula subsp. flammula2018Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2018Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2018White CloverTrifolium repens2018White CloverTrifolium repens2018Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2018Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2018False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2018False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2018DaisyBellis perennis2018DaisyBellis perennis2018Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2018Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2018Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2018Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2018Curled DockRumex crispus2018Curled DockRumex crispus2018Wild ThymeThymus drucei2018Wild ThymeThymus drucei2018Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2018Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2018Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2018Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2018Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2018Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2018Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2018Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2018HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2018HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2018Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2018Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2018EyebrightEuphrasia2018EyebrightEuphrasia2018PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2018PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2018Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2018Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2018MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2018MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2018Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2018Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2018Sea SpleenwortAsplenium marinum2018Sea SpleenwortAsplenium marinum2018Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2018Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2018Red CloverTrifolium pratense2018Red CloverTrifolium pratense2018Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2018Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2018Black Bog-rushSchoenus nigricans2018Black Bog-rushSchoenus nigricans2018Common NettleUrtica dioica2018Common NettleUrtica dioica2018Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2018Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2018English StonecropSedum anglicum2018English StonecropSedum anglicum2018Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2018Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2018Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2018Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2018Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2018Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2018Marsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellata2018Marsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellata2018Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2018Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2018Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2018Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2018Mat-grassNardus stricta2018Mat-grassNardus stricta2018Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2018Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2018TormentilPotentilla erecta2018TormentilPotentilla erecta2018Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2018Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2018Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2018Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2018Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2018Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2018Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2018Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2018Common SorrelRumex acetosa2018Common SorrelRumex acetosa2018ThriftArmeria maritima2018ThriftArmeria maritima2018EscalloniaEscallonia rubra var. macrantha2018EscalloniaEscallonia rubra var. macrantha2018