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Dogs welcome 0 ha
Places › Scotland › South Scotland › South Ayrshire Getting here
55.24922, -4.78369
Open directionsv 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Robin +44 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Robin +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Bird's-nest Orchid, Evergreen Oak +15 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Bird's-nest Orchid, Evergreen Oak +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Peacock, Azure Damselfly, Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle +3 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Peacock, Azure Damselfly, Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle +3 more · last seen 2024
Free
Plants — Evergreen Oak, Common Chickweed, Common Sorrel
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ayrshire Coastal Path Walking route 170 km ▾
Long-distance hiking route. A designated 'Scotland's Great Trail'.
Named route Length 170 km National walking route
Show on map Whithorn Way - a Glasgow Cathedral to Girvan Walking route ▾
This creation is Glasgow Cathedral to Girvan. Any route from Girvan is a busy road with no shoulders. Bus/Train to Barrhill and continue to Whithorn, the spiritual home of Saint Ninian..
Named route Ref WW-a Regional walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (SW Scotland) Cycling route ▾
National Byway in the Solway Firth area
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map National Byway Girvan Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
128 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 128 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Swift +42
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2017 Robin Erithacus rubecula2017 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2017 Swift Apus apus2011 Great Tit Parus major Common Gull Larus canus2017 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2017 Raven Corvus corax2017 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2017 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2011 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2010 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2010 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2010 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2010 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2010 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2010 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2010 Swallow Hirundo rustica2010 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2010 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2010 Blackbird Turdus merula2010 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2010 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2010 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2010 Dunnock Prunella modularis2010 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2010 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2010 House Martin Delichon urbicum2010 Magpie Pica pica Rook Corvus frugilegus2017 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2017 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2017 Barn Owl Tyto alba2013 Jay Garrulus glandarius2011 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2010 Rock Dove Columba livia2010 Skylark Alauda arvensis2010 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2010 Whitethroat Curruca communis2010 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2010 Stock Dove Columba oenas2010 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2010 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2010 Linnet Linaria cannabina2010 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2010 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2010 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2023 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2010 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 6 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Peacock · Azure Damselfly · Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle · Figwort Weevil · Common Green Grasshopper +1
Peacock Aglais io2011 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle Oiceoptoma thoracicum Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae2021 Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2014 Japanese Knotweed · Bird's-nest Orchid · Bugle · Common Hawkweed · Evergreen Oak +14
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Bird's-nest Orchid Neottia nidus-avis Bugle Ajuga reptans2019 Common Hawkweed Hieracium triviale2020 Evergreen Oak Quercus ilex2019 Cercidiphyllum japonicum Cercidiphyllum japonicum2019 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 128 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Swift +42
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2017 Robin Erithacus rubecula2017 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2017 Swift Apus apus2011 Great Tit Parus major Common Gull Larus canus2017 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2017 Raven Corvus corax2017 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2017 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2011 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2010 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2010 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2010 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2010 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2010 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2010 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2010 Swallow Hirundo rustica2010 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2010 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2010 Blackbird Turdus merula2010 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2010 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2010 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2010 Dunnock Prunella modularis2010 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2010 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2010 House Martin Delichon urbicum2010 Magpie Pica pica Rook Corvus frugilegus2017 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2017 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2017 Barn Owl Tyto alba2013 Jay Garrulus glandarius2011 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2010 Rock Dove Columba livia2010 Skylark Alauda arvensis2010 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2010 Whitethroat Curruca communis2010 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2010 Stock Dove Columba oenas2010 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2010 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2010 Linnet Linaria cannabina2010 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2010 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2010 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2023 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2010 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 6 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Peacock · Azure Damselfly · Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle · Figwort Weevil · Common Green Grasshopper +1
Peacock Aglais io2011 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle Oiceoptoma thoracicum Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae2021 Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2014 Japanese Knotweed · Bird's-nest Orchid · Bugle · Common Hawkweed · Evergreen Oak +14
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Bird's-nest Orchid Neottia nidus-avis Bugle Ajuga reptans2019 Common Hawkweed Hieracium triviale2020 Evergreen Oak Quercus ilex2019 Cercidiphyllum japonicum Cercidiphyllum japonicum2019 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2010
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2010
Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata2014
Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata2014
Remote Sedge Carex remota2014
Remote Sedge Carex remota2014
Branched Bur-reed Sparganium erectum2014
Branched Bur-reed Sparganium erectum2014
Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea2014
Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea2014
Curled Pondweed Potamogeton crispus2014
Curled Pondweed Potamogeton crispus2014
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2014
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2014
Toad Rush Juncus bufonius2014
Toad Rush Juncus bufonius2014
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2014
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2014
Creeping Yellow-cress Rorippa sylvestris2014
Creeping Yellow-cress Rorippa sylvestris2014
Common Chickweed Stellaria media2014
Common Chickweed Stellaria media2014
Pink Purslane Claytonia sibirica2014
Pink Purslane Claytonia sibirica2014
Water-plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica2014
Water-plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica2014
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2014
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2014 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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