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Getting here
54.87671, -6.28373
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- ✦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
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- ✦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 — Mallard, Mute Swan, Coot +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Coot +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Candlesnuff Fungus, Meadow Waxcap, Ballerina · last seen 2024
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Giant Hogweed · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network National Route 97Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 97National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network National Route 97 ExtensionCycling route▾
Ballymena to Randalstown
Named routeRef 97National Cycle Network
ecos Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route27 m▾
Named routeRef 97Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 97Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeLength 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
D1004 : The Old Ballymoney Road, Ballymena (May 2014)
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Wildlife to spot
4,443 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,443 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springautumn
2025▾
Mallard · Mute Swan · Wren · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +46
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- CootFulica atra
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- TealAnas crecca
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwiftApus apus
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- PochardAythya ferina
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Badger
Speckled Wood · Green-veined White · Peacock · Large White · Honeysuckle Leaf-miner +3
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Honeysuckle Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter emberizaepenella
- Sallow DotStigmella salicis
Candlesnuff Fungus · Meadow Waxcap · Ballerina
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
- BallerinaPorpolomopsis calyptriformis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,443 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springautumn
2025▾
Mallard · Mute Swan · Wren · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +46
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- CootFulica atra
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- TealAnas crecca
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwiftApus apus
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- PochardAythya ferina
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Badger
Speckled Wood · Green-veined White · Peacock · Large White · Honeysuckle Leaf-miner +3
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Honeysuckle Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter emberizaepenella
- Sallow DotStigmella salicis
Candlesnuff Fungus · Meadow Waxcap · Ballerina
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
- BallerinaPorpolomopsis calyptriformis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas