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54.71850, -6.33846
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▾ 🐦 70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon 🍄 Mushroom 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
🐦 70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon 🍄 Mushroom 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 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +67 more · last seen 2025
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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Butter Cap, Yellow Fieldcap, Common Puffball +41 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Butter Cap, Yellow Fieldcap, Common Puffball +41 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Pegomya steini, Ringlet, Peacock +94 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Pegomya steini, Ringlet, Peacock +94 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Himalayan Balsam, Water Fern +2 more · last seen 2023; Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Himalayan Balsam, Water Fern +2 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Riverside Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
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Signed route nearby
Route 94 Cycling route 177 km ▾
Named route Ref 94 Length 177 km Round trip National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Network National Route 97 Extension Cycling route ▾
Ballymena to Randalstown
Named route Ref 97 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 726 m ▾
Named route Ref 94 Length 726 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 369 m ▾
Named route Ref 94 Length 369 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.4 km ▾
Named route Ref 94 Length 1.4 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 4.5 km ▾
Named route Ref 94 Length 4.5 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,179 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,179 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter summer
2025 ▾
Mallard · Coot · Little Grebe · Moorhen · Great Crested Grebe +40
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Gadwall Mareca strepera Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Coal Tit Periparus ater Blackbird Turdus merula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Rook Corvus frugilegus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Magpie Pica pica Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Little Egret Egretta garzetta Swallow Hirundo rustica Common Gull Larus canus House Martin Delichon urbicum Herring Gull Larus argentatus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pegomya steini · Hylemya · Birch Shieldbug · Larch Ladybird · Volucella pellucens +36
Pegomya steini Pegomya steini Hylemya Hylemya Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea Black-Kneed Apple Capsid Blepharidopterus angulatus Yellow Fieldcap · Amanita Wridog · Butter Cap · Bolete Mould · Larch Bolete +9
Yellow Fieldcap Bolbitius titubans Amanita Wridog Amanita rubescens Butter Cap Rhodocollybia butyracea Bolete Mould Hypomyces chrysospermus Larch Bolete Suillus grevillei Amanita'r Gwybed Amanita muscaria Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,179 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter summer
2025 ▾
Mallard · Coot · Little Grebe · Moorhen · Great Crested Grebe +40
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Gadwall Mareca strepera Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Coal Tit Periparus ater Blackbird Turdus merula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Rook Corvus frugilegus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Magpie Pica pica Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Little Egret Egretta garzetta Swallow Hirundo rustica Common Gull Larus canus House Martin Delichon urbicum Herring Gull Larus argentatus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pegomya steini · Hylemya · Birch Shieldbug · Larch Ladybird · Volucella pellucens +36
Pegomya steini Pegomya steini Hylemya Hylemya Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea Black-Kneed Apple Capsid Blepharidopterus angulatus Yellow Fieldcap · Amanita Wridog · Butter Cap · Bolete Mould · Larch Bolete +9
Yellow Fieldcap Bolbitius titubans Amanita Wridog Amanita rubescens Butter Cap Rhodocollybia butyracea Bolete Mould Hypomyces chrysospermus Larch Bolete Suillus grevillei Amanita'r Gwybed Amanita muscaria Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Notch-horned Cleg Haematopota pluvialis
Notch-horned Cleg Haematopota pluvialis
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Polydrusus pterygomalis Polydrusus pterygomalis
Polydrusus pterygomalis Polydrusus pterygomalis
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
Tinodes waeneri Tinodes waeneri
Tinodes waeneri Tinodes waeneri
Anthomyiidae Anthomyiidae
Anthomyiidae Anthomyiidae
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Phytomyza glechomae Phytomyza glechomae
Phytomyza glechomae Phytomyza glechomae
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella
Cixius nervosus Cixius nervosus
Cixius nervosus Cixius nervosus
Chromatomyia spinaciae Chromatomyia spinaciae
Chromatomyia spinaciae Chromatomyia spinaciae
Allygus mixtus Allygus mixtus
Allygus mixtus Allygus mixtus
Chrysogaster solstitialis Chrysogaster solstitialis
Chrysogaster solstitialis Chrysogaster solstitialis
Chirosia betuleti Chirosia betuleti
Chirosia betuleti Chirosia betuleti
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Phaonia pallida Phaonia pallida
Phaonia pallida Phaonia pallida
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Peacock Aglais io
Peacock Aglais io
Nemopoda nitidula Nemopoda nitidula
Nemopoda nitidula Nemopoda nitidula
Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis
Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis
Common Orange Legionnaire Beris vallata
Common Orange Legionnaire Beris vallata
Green-veined White Pieris napi
Green-veined White Pieris napi
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Leucozona glaucia Leucozona glaucia
Leucozona glaucia Leucozona glaucia
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Large White Pieris brassicae
Large White Pieris brassicae
Spruce Cone Bug Gastrodes abietum
Spruce Cone Bug Gastrodes abietum
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor
Clustered Toughshank Gymnopus confluens
Clustered Toughshank Gymnopus confluens
Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum
Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum
Ambarelo'r Bwgan Macrolepiota procera
Ambarelo'r Bwgan Macrolepiota procera
Clouded Funnel Clitocybe nebularis
Clouded Funnel Clitocybe nebularis
Sulphur Tuft Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare
Sulphur Tuft Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare
Puccinia circaeae Puccinia circaeae
Puccinia circaeae Puccinia circaeae Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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