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North West Castle

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📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

54.90520, -5.02133

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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Bike parkingParkingToilets

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow +89 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow +89 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Cuckoo-Spit Insect, 10-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird · last seen 2025; Insects — Cuckoo-Spit Insect, 10-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Butterfly-bush, Polypody · last seen 2026; Plants — Butterfly-bush, Polypody · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mull of Galloway TrailWalking route59 km

Named routeLength 59 kmNational walking route

Loch Ryan Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Southern Upland Way (Section A - Portpatrick to Melrose)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 73Cycling route

Named routeRef 73National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route24 m

Named routeRef 83Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route150 m

Named routeRef 83Length 150 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route20 m

Named routeRef 83Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 83Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

13,951 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,951 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winter

2026

Great Crested Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Red-breasted Merganser · Carrion Crow +52

Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
ScaupAythya marila2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Aythya hybridAythya hybrid sp.2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🌿

Plants2 species

winter

2026

Butterfly-bush · Polypody

Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,951 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winter

2026

Great Crested Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Red-breasted Merganser · Carrion Crow +52

Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
ScaupAythya marila2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Aythya hybridAythya hybrid sp.2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🌿

Plants2 species

winter

2026

Butterfly-bush · Polypody

Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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