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Pennytersal Motte

📷 Thomas Nugent · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.90484, -4.66209

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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

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 — Tree Pipit, Jackdaw, Whitethroat +78 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Tree Pipit, Jackdaw, Whitethroat +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Creeping Bent, Soft-rush, Bramble +298 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Creeping Bent, Soft-rush, Bramble +298 more · last seen 2017

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Common Sorrel, Common Nettle +26 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Peacock, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell +13 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Peacock, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell +13 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Clyde Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Shore Circular PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

35 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 21Cycling route

Named routeRef 21Regional cycle route

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route56 m

Named routeRef 75Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route19 m

Named routeRef 75Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route90 m

Named routeLength 90 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route522 m

Named routeRef 75Length 522 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,834 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,834 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

summer

2025

Tree Pipit · Crossbill · Blackcap · Spotted Flycatcher · Whitethroat +60

Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
WhitethroatCurruca communis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BuzzardButeo buteo
TealAnas crecca
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
JackdawColoeus monedula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
MagpiePica pica
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SwallowHirundo rustica
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RookCorvus frugilegus
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
CootFulica atra2021
EiderSomateria mollissima
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2022
RedshankTringa totanus2022
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
WigeonMareca penelope2021

🦌

Mammals3 species

wintersummerautumn

2023

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2023

Mesembrina meridiana

Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,834 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

summer

2025

Tree Pipit · Crossbill · Blackcap · Spotted Flycatcher · Whitethroat +60

Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
WhitethroatCurruca communis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BuzzardButeo buteo
TealAnas crecca
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
JackdawColoeus monedula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
MagpiePica pica
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SwallowHirundo rustica
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RookCorvus frugilegus
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
CootFulica atra2021
EiderSomateria mollissima
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2022
RedshankTringa totanus2022
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
WigeonMareca penelope2021

🦌

Mammals3 species

wintersummerautumn

2023

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2023

Mesembrina meridiana

Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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