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Getting here
54.71583, -6.22348
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Hooded Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Mann's Garden Kitchen — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Hooded Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Mann's Garden Kitchen — a good base for a longer summer day out
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Hooded Crow, Grey Heron +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Hooded Crow, Grey Heron +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Light Brown Apple Moth, Furness Dowd +247 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Deceptive Earthtongue, Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat., Maple Mildew · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mill Race TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Lane behind Moylena GroveWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 94Cycling route177 km▾
Named routeRef 94Length 177 kmRound tripNational Cycle Network
Mill Race Trail RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Loughshore Trail Route 1 - Antrim LoopCycling route7.7 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 7.7 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route256 m▾
Named routeRef 94Length 256 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route279 m▾
Named routeRef 94Length 279 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route369 m▾
Named routeRef 94Length 369 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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J1486 : The Motte, Antrim
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Wildlife to spot
26,220 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,220 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Magpie · Hooded Crow · Woodpigeon +33
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Otter
Light Brown Apple Moth · Red-Line Quaker · Garden Carpet · Halesus digitatus · Netelia inedita +18
- Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2025
- Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2025
- Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2025
- Halesus digitatusHalesus digitatus2025
- Netelia ineditaNetelia inedita2025
- Black Rustic
Deceptive Earthtongue
- Deceptive EarthtongueGeoglossum fallax
Himalayan Balsam
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,220 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Magpie · Hooded Crow · Woodpigeon +33
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Otter
Light Brown Apple Moth · Red-Line Quaker · Garden Carpet · Halesus digitatus · Netelia inedita +18
- Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2025
- Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2025
- Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2025
- Halesus digitatusHalesus digitatus2025
- Netelia ineditaNetelia inedita2025
- Black Rustic
Deceptive Earthtongue
- Deceptive EarthtongueGeoglossum fallax
Himalayan Balsam
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aporophyla nigra2025
Aporophyla nigra2025
Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus2025Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus2025Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2025Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2025Chirosia betuletiChirosia betuleti2025Chirosia betuletiChirosia betuleti2025Sepsis punctumSepsis punctum2025Sepsis punctumSepsis punctum2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxFurness DowdBlastobasis adustella2025Furness DowdBlastobasis adustella2025Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2025Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2025Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2025Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Phytoliriomyza melampygaPhytoliriomyza melampyga2025Phytoliriomyza melampygaPhytoliriomyza melampyga2025Tipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennis2025Tipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennis2025Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla2025Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla2025November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2025November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2025Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2025Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2025Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025Spruce CarpetThera britannica2025Spruce CarpetThera britannica2025Acleris laterana/comarianaAcleris laterana/comariana2025Acleris laterana/comarianaAcleris laterana/comariana2025