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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Dogs welcome
Getting here
54.80151, -6.61014
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Whooper Swan and Wigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Whooper Swan and Wigeon
- ✦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 — Whooper Swan, Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Whooper Swan, Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Montbretia +16 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Green-veined White, Green Tiger Beetle, White-tailed Bumblebee +8 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot, Red Cracking Bolete, Beech Milkcap · last seen 2022
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sperrins Route 9 - Moyola Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 9Round tripRegional cycle route
Sperrins Route 10 - Swatragh Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Round tripRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
696 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
696 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Whooper Swan · Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail · Fieldfare +14
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- PintailAnas acuta
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2015
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2021
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2018
- RuffCalidris pugnax2017
- MagpiePica pica2017
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2017
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2016
- SwiftApus apus2014
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pine Marten · Otter · Badger
- Pine MartenMartes martes2024
- OtterLutra lutra
- BadgerMeles meles2019
Green-veined White · Green Tiger Beetle · White-tailed Bumblebee · Small Tortoiseshell · Painted Lady +6
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2014
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae
Sycamore Tarspot · Red Cracking Bolete · Beech Milkcap
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum
- Red Cracking BoleteXerocomellus chrysenteron
- Beech MilkcapLactarius blennius
🌿Plants5 species
springsummer
2024▾
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Montbretia · Giant Hogweed · Fuchsia
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2021
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2015
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2015
- FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica2015
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
696 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Whooper Swan · Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail · Fieldfare +14
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- PintailAnas acuta
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2015
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2021
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2018
- RuffCalidris pugnax2017
- MagpiePica pica2017
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2017
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2016
- SwiftApus apus2014
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pine Marten · Otter · Badger
- Pine MartenMartes martes2024
- OtterLutra lutra
- BadgerMeles meles2019
Green-veined White · Green Tiger Beetle · White-tailed Bumblebee · Small Tortoiseshell · Painted Lady +6
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2014
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae
Sycamore Tarspot · Red Cracking Bolete · Beech Milkcap
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum
- Red Cracking BoleteXerocomellus chrysenteron
- Beech MilkcapLactarius blennius
🌿Plants5 species
springsummer
2024▾
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Montbretia · Giant Hogweed · Fuchsia
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2021
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2015
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2015
- FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica2015
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2017
2017
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017Wood TigerParasemia plantaginis2014Wood TigerParasemia plantaginis2014Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2014Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2014RingletAphantopus hyperantus2014RingletAphantopus hyperantus2014Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2014Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2014