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Old Coastguard Station

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📷 Mike Faherty · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pied Wagtail and Hooded Crow
✦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 Pied Wagtail and Hooded Crow
✦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

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Pied Wagtail, Hooded Crow, Herring Gull +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Pied Wagtail, Hooded Crow, Herring Gull +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Square-spot Rustic, Feathered Ranunculus, Lesser Yellow Underwing +48 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Square-spot Rustic, Feathered Ranunculus, Lesser Yellow Underwing +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Tormentil, Wavy Hair-Grass, Bilberry +66 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Tormentil, Wavy Hair-Grass, Bilberry +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bilberry, Crowberry agg., Rowan +7 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ulster Way Link SectionsWalking route1000 km

"The Ulster Way Link Sections are not waymarked and mainly on public roads some of which can be very busy. Walkers are actively encouraged to make use of public transport along these sections"

Named routeLength 1000 kmRound trip

Ballypatrick Forest Trails - 0 Corratavey Glen TrailWalking route1.4 km

Named routeLength 1.4 kmLocal walking route

Watertop Waterfall WalkWalking route

Named route

Watertop Farm TrailWalking route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

928 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

928 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

spring

2025

Pied Wagtail · Meadow Pipit · Linnet · Herring Gull · Wheatear +33

Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
SwallowHirundo rustica
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
GannetMorus bassanus
JackdawColoeus monedula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
MagpiePica pica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2023
Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
RazorbillAlca torda2023
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2020

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummerautumn

2023

Common Porpoise · Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Minke Whale · Grey Squirrel

Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2022
Pine MartenMartes martes2022
Minke WhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata2019
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019

🐝

Insects20 species

autumn

2025

Yellow-Line Quaker · Angle Shades · Silver Y · Feathered Ranunculus · 7-spot Ladybird +15

Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2018
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2018
Silver YAutographa gamma2018
Feathered RanunculusPolymixis lichenea2018
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Brown Silver-linePetrophora chlorosata2022
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2021
Black Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrata2021
Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2021
NeocrepidoderaNeocrepidodera2021
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2021
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2018
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2018
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2018
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2018
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2018
Red Sword-grassXylena vetusta2018
Brindled OchreDasypolia templi2018
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2018
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2018

🌿

Plants29 species

summer

2025

Heather · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Bilberry · Tormentil · Wavy Hair-Grass +24

HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2024
DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Agrostis caninaAgrostis canina2024
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2021
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Luzula multiflora subsp. congestaLuzula multiflora subsp. congesta
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2024
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2024
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica2024
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

928 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

spring

2025

Pied Wagtail · Meadow Pipit · Linnet · Herring Gull · Wheatear +33

Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
SwallowHirundo rustica
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
GannetMorus bassanus
JackdawColoeus monedula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
MagpiePica pica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2023
Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
RazorbillAlca torda2023
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2020

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummerautumn

2023

Common Porpoise · Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Minke Whale · Grey Squirrel

Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2022
Pine MartenMartes martes2022
Minke WhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata2019
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019

🐝

Insects20 species

autumn

2025

Yellow-Line Quaker · Angle Shades · Silver Y · Feathered Ranunculus · 7-spot Ladybird +15

Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2018
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2018
Silver YAutographa gamma2018
Feathered RanunculusPolymixis lichenea2018
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Brown Silver-linePetrophora chlorosata2022
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2021
Black Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrata2021
Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2021
NeocrepidoderaNeocrepidodera2021
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2021
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2018
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2018
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2018
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2018
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2018
Red Sword-grassXylena vetusta2018
Brindled OchreDasypolia templi2018
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2018
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2018

🌿

Plants29 species

summer

2025

Heather · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Bilberry · Tormentil · Wavy Hair-Grass +24

HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2024
DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Agrostis caninaAgrostis canina2024
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2021
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Luzula multiflora subsp. congestaLuzula multiflora subsp. congesta
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2024
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2024
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica2024
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mike Faherty · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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