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Navar Church

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Fieldfare, Woodpigeon, Brambling +79 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Fieldfare, Woodpigeon, Brambling +79 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Phrymaceae, Autumn Hawkbit, Callitriche stagnalis +212 more · last seen 2016; Plants — Phrymaceae, Autumn Hawkbit, Callitriche stagnalis +212 more · last seen 2016

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Autumn Hawkbit, Beech, Ground-elder +21 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Chaga, Blackening Waxcap, Marchandiomyces corallinus +2 more · last seen 2018; Fungi — Chaga, Blackening Waxcap, Marchandiomyces corallinus +2 more · last seen 2018

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trinity CircuitWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Old Roads from AfflochieWalking route8.5 km

Named routeLength 8.5 kmLocal walking route

The Whisky RoadWalking route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

1,014 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,014 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

springsummer

2025

Cuckoo · Willow Warbler · Pheasant · Carrion Crow · Meadow Pipit +42

CuckooCuculus canorus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
Great TitParus major2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2017
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
DunnockPrunella modularis2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020

🦌

Mammals3 species

summer

2025

Red Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023

🍄

Fungi5 species

autumn

2018

Chaga · Blackening Waxcap · Marchandiomyces corallinus · Brown Rollrim · Orange Mosscap

ChagaInonotus obliquus
Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica2017
Marchandiomyces corallinusMarchandiomyces corallinus2017
Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus2017
Orange MosscapRickenella fibula2017

🌿

Plants26 species

summer

2016

Norway Maple · Perennial Rye-grass · Marsh Willowherb · Creeping Soft-grass · Bugle +21

Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
BugleAjuga reptans
Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,014 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

springsummer

2025

Cuckoo · Willow Warbler · Pheasant · Carrion Crow · Meadow Pipit +42

CuckooCuculus canorus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
Great TitParus major2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2017
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
DunnockPrunella modularis2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020

🦌

Mammals3 species

summer

2025

Red Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023

🍄

Fungi5 species

autumn

2018

Chaga · Blackening Waxcap · Marchandiomyces corallinus · Brown Rollrim · Orange Mosscap

ChagaInonotus obliquus
Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica2017
Marchandiomyces corallinusMarchandiomyces corallinus2017
Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus2017
Orange MosscapRickenella fibula2017

🌿

Plants26 species

summer

2016

Norway Maple · Perennial Rye-grass · Marsh Willowherb · Creeping Soft-grass · Bugle +21

Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
BugleAjuga reptans
Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 jamesnicoll · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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