Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.03269, -3.63836
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Robin
- ✦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 — Wren, Robin, Blue Tit +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Roe Deer, Rabbit +12 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Emerald Damselfly +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Sphagnum divinum · last seen 2024
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dumfries and Galloway Cycle Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Glenkiln Loop Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef GLLocal cycle route
Route (7)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (7)Local cycle route
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Caledonian CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Regional cycle route
National Byway (SW Scotland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in the Solway Firth area
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lochbank LoopMountain bike route▾
Phoenix TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
8,186 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,186 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Spotted Woodpecker · Goldcrest · Blue Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon +36
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GullLarus canus
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Dryomyza anilis · Common Hawker · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +15
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,186 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Spotted Woodpecker · Goldcrest · Blue Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon +36
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GullLarus canus
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Dryomyza anilis · Common Hawker · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +15
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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