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Old Lighthouse

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal

Dogs welcome

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55.72088, -4.95789

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Gannet, Greylag Goose, Oystercatcher +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Gannet, Greylag Goose, Oystercatcher +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — encrusting algae indet., Dark red crusts, Sea Beech +162 more · last seen 2020; Plants — encrusting algae indet., Dark red crusts, Sea Beech +162 more · last seen 2020

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Sea Beech, Bramble, Common Sorrel +12 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Abrothallus caerulescens, Rinodina occulta, Neoechinodiscus lesdainii · last seen 2019; Fungi — Abrothallus caerulescens, Rinodina occulta, Neoechinodiscus lesdainii · last seen 2019

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ayrshire Coastal PathWalking route170 km

Long-distance hiking route. A designated 'Scotland's Great Trail'.

Named routeLength 170 kmNational walking route

West Island WayWalking route48 km

Named routeLength 48 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Bute Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Fairlie to Seamill Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,212 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,212 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds11 species

summerautumn

2025

Gannet · Bullfinch · Stonechat · Canada Goose · Manx Shearwater +6

GannetMorus bassanus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2020

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐟

Fish10 species

summerautumn

2020

Goldsinny · Cuckoo Wrasse · Painted Goby · Leopard-spotted Goby · Pollack +5

GoldsinnyCtenolabrus rupestris
Cuckoo WrasseLabrus mixtus
Painted GobyPomatoschistus pictus
Leopard-spotted GobyThorogobius ephippiatus
PollackPollachius pollachius
Ballan WrasseLabrus bergylta
ButterfishPholis gunnellus
Common DragonetCallionymus lyra
PomatoschistusPomatoschistus2019
Two-spotted GobyGobiusculus flavescens2019

🌿

Plants5 species

summerautumn

2020

encrusting algae indet. · Sea Beech · Dasysiphonia japonica · Phycodrys rubens · Dark red crusts

encrusting algae indet.encrusting algae indet.
Sea BeechDelesseria sanguinea
Dasysiphonia japonicaDasysiphonia japonica
Phycodrys rubensPhycodrys rubens
Dark red crustsRhodophyta2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,212 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds11 species

summerautumn

2025

Gannet · Bullfinch · Stonechat · Canada Goose · Manx Shearwater +6

GannetMorus bassanus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2020

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐟

Fish10 species

summerautumn

2020

Goldsinny · Cuckoo Wrasse · Painted Goby · Leopard-spotted Goby · Pollack +5

GoldsinnyCtenolabrus rupestris
Cuckoo WrasseLabrus mixtus
Painted GobyPomatoschistus pictus
Leopard-spotted GobyThorogobius ephippiatus
PollackPollachius pollachius
Ballan WrasseLabrus bergylta
ButterfishPholis gunnellus
Common DragonetCallionymus lyra
PomatoschistusPomatoschistus2019
Two-spotted GobyGobiusculus flavescens2019

🌿

Plants5 species

summerautumn

2020

encrusting algae indet. · Sea Beech · Dasysiphonia japonica · Phycodrys rubens · Dark red crusts

encrusting algae indet.encrusting algae indet.
Sea BeechDelesseria sanguinea
Dasysiphonia japonicaDasysiphonia japonica
Phycodrys rubensPhycodrys rubens
Dark red crustsRhodophyta2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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⛪Cumbrae Parish ChurchReligious grounds4.3 km→✦Portencross CastleHistoric site4.1 km→⛪Our Lady of Perpetual SuccourReligious grounds4.2 km→⛪Episcopal Cathedral and CollegeReligious grounds4.4 km→✦Hunterston HouseHistoric site4.9 km→✦Hunterston CastleHistoric site5 km→

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