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Places › Northern Ireland › Antrim and Newtownabbey Getting here
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Great Tit ✦ 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
🐦 55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Great Tit ✦ 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 — Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Willow Beauty, Green-veined White +22 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Willow Beauty, Green-veined White +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Giant Hogweed, Giant-rhubarb, Cherry Laurel +6 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Giant-rhubarb, Cherry Laurel +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Raa Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Riverside/Old Ballymena Road Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
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Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network National Route 93 Cycling route ▾
"National Route 93 of the National Cycle Network is formed of sections of traffic-free route between Derry and Larne." (most of the route was de-designated in Summer 2020)
Named route Ref 93 Point-to-point National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.5 km ▾
Named route Ref 93 Length 1.5 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 68 m ▾
Named route Ref 93 Length 68 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
556 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 556 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
winter spring
2024 ▾
Blackbird · Great Tit · Chaffinch · Goldfinch · Rook +42
Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2021 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2021 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2021 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Swift Apus apus2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2021 Robin Erithacus rubecula2021 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2021 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2021 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2014 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2014 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2021 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2021 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2021 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2021 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2021 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2021 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2021 Magpie Pica pica2021 Teal Anas crecca2021 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2021 Redwing Turdus iliacus2021 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2012 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Rock Dove Columba livia2021 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2021 Common Gull Larus canus2021 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2021 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2021 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2021 Skylark Alauda arvensis2021 Corvid Corvidae2015 Siskin Spinus spinus2013 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2012 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2012 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Badger
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023 Badger Meles meles Speckled Wood · Willow Beauty · Green-veined White · Ectemnius lapidarius · Symmorphus bifasciatus +20
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2021 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria2023 Green-veined White Pieris napi2018 Ectemnius lapidarius Ectemnius lapidarius2018 Symmorphus bifasciatus Symmorphus bifasciatus2018 Marmalade Hoverfly 🌿 Plants 5 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Giant Hogweed · Giant-rhubarb · Cherry Laurel · Japanese Knotweed · Canadian Waterweed
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Giant-rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria2013 Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus2012 Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2021 Canadian Waterweed Elodea canadensis2012 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 556 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
winter spring
2024 ▾
Blackbird · Great Tit · Chaffinch · Goldfinch · Rook +42
Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2021 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2021 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2021 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Swift Apus apus2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2021 Robin Erithacus rubecula2021 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2021 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2021 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2014 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2014 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2021 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2021 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2021 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2021 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2021 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2021 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2021 Magpie Pica pica2021 Teal Anas crecca2021 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2021 Redwing Turdus iliacus2021 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2012 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Rock Dove Columba livia2021 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2021 Common Gull Larus canus2021 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2021 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2021 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2021 Skylark Alauda arvensis2021 Corvid Corvidae2015 Siskin Spinus spinus2013 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2012 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2012 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Badger
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023 Badger Meles meles Speckled Wood · Willow Beauty · Green-veined White · Ectemnius lapidarius · Symmorphus bifasciatus +20
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2021 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria2023 Green-veined White Pieris napi2018 Ectemnius lapidarius Ectemnius lapidarius2018 Symmorphus bifasciatus Symmorphus bifasciatus2018 Marmalade Hoverfly 🌿 Plants 5 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Giant Hogweed · Giant-rhubarb · Cherry Laurel · Japanese Knotweed · Canadian Waterweed
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Giant-rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria2013 Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus2012 Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2021 Canadian Waterweed Elodea canadensis2012 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
Common Rustic agg. Mesapamea secalis agg.2023
Common Rustic agg. Mesapamea secalis agg.2023
Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla2023
Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla2023
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata2023
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata2023
Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae2023
Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae2023
Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria2023
Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria2023
Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta2023
Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta2023
Buff-tip Phalera bucephala2023
Buff-tip Phalera bucephala2023
Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis2023
Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis2023
Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata2023
Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata2023
Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella2021
Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella2021
Phytomyza astrantiae Phytomyza astrantiae2021
Phytomyza astrantiae Phytomyza astrantiae2021
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2021
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2021
Phytomyza ranunculi Phytomyza ranunculi2021
Phytomyza ranunculi Phytomyza ranunculi2021
Xyphosia miliaria Xyphosia miliaria2021
Xyphosia miliaria Xyphosia miliaria2021
Leucozona lucorum Leucozona lucorum2018
Leucozona lucorum Leucozona lucorum2018
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2018
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2018
Peacock Aglais io2014
Peacock Aglais io2014
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2014
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2014
Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi2013
Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi2013 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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