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Mull Glen, Hillfort

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Shag
✦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

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Shag
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Shag, Gannet +88 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Shag, Gannet +88 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Rock Samphire, Golden-Samphire, Rock Sea-spurrey +5 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Rock Samphire, Golden-Samphire, Rock Sea-spurrey +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Rose Chafer, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Eristalis pertinax +1 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Rose Chafer, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Eristalis pertinax +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Mull of Galloway TrailWalking route59 km

Named routeLength 59 kmNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

12,149 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,149 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds93 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Herring Gull · Shag · Meadow Pipit · Gannet · Kittiwake +88

Herring GullLarus argentatus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GannetMorus bassanus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
LinnetLinaria cannabina
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RazorbillAlca torda
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SwallowHirundo rustica
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock DoveColumba livia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House MartinDelichon urbicum
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Common GullLarus canus
RavenCorvus corax
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
EiderSomateria mollissima
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SwiftApus apus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
PuffinFratercula arctica
CurlewNumenius arquata
MagpiePica pica
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BuzzardButeo buteo
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
SnipeGallinago gallinago
MerlinFalco columbarius
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
WigeonMareca penelope
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
RedshankTringa totanus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
LapwingVanellus vanellus
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
JayGarrulus glandarius2024

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Mammals7 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Common Porpoise · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Grey Seal · Common Dolphin +2

Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
MoleTalpa europaea

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummer

2025

Rose Chafer · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Eristalis pertinax · Scathophaga stercoraria

Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria

🌿

Plants8 species

summer

2025

Rock Samphire · Golden-Samphire · Rock Sea-spurrey · Rock Sea-Lavender agg. · Lady's Bedstraw +3

Rock SamphireCrithmum maritimum
Golden-SamphireLimbarda crithmoides
Rock Sea-spurreySpergularia rupicola
Rock Sea-Lavender agg.Limonium binervosum
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Mouse-EarCerastium
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Spring SquillScilla verna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,149 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds93 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Herring Gull · Shag · Meadow Pipit · Gannet · Kittiwake +88

Herring GullLarus argentatus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GannetMorus bassanus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
LinnetLinaria cannabina
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RazorbillAlca torda
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SwallowHirundo rustica
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock DoveColumba livia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House MartinDelichon urbicum
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Common GullLarus canus
RavenCorvus corax
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
EiderSomateria mollissima
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SwiftApus apus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
PuffinFratercula arctica
CurlewNumenius arquata
MagpiePica pica
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BuzzardButeo buteo
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
SnipeGallinago gallinago
MerlinFalco columbarius
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
WigeonMareca penelope
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
RedshankTringa totanus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
LapwingVanellus vanellus
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
JayGarrulus glandarius2024

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Common Porpoise · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Grey Seal · Common Dolphin +2

Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
MoleTalpa europaea

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummer

2025

Rose Chafer · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Eristalis pertinax · Scathophaga stercoraria

Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria

🌿

Plants8 species

summer

2025

Rock Samphire · Golden-Samphire · Rock Sea-spurrey · Rock Sea-Lavender agg. · Lady's Bedstraw +3

Rock SamphireCrithmum maritimum
Golden-SamphireLimbarda crithmoides
Rock Sea-spurreySpergularia rupicola
Rock Sea-Lavender agg.Limonium binervosum
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Mouse-EarCerastium
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Spring SquillScilla verna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Jonathan Wilkins · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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