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Dogs welcome
Places › Northern Ireland › Causeway Coast and Glens Getting here
55.19312, -6.28751
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 — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Swift, Fieldfare, Blue Tit +41 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Fieldfare, Blue Tit +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Hairstreak, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Marbled Carpet +33 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Green Hairstreak, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Marbled Carpet +33 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Birch Besom · last seen 2016; Fungi — Birch Besom · last seen 2016
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Knotweed · last seen 2024; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Knotweed · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Causeway Coast Way Walking route 53 km ▾
Named route Length 53 km Regional walking route
Show on map Ulster Way Link Sections Walking route 1000 km ▾
"The Ulster Way Link Sections are not waymarked and mainly on public roads some of which can be very busy. Walkers are actively encouraged to make use of public transport along these sections"
Named route Length 1000 km Round trip
Show on map Moyle Way Walking route 32 km ▾
Waterfoot to Ballycastle
Named route Length 32 km Regional walking route
Show on map Carrick-a-Rede Coastal Walk, Carrick-a-Rede Walking route 1.6 km ▾
Trace the coastline over windswept grasslands & winding rocky paths to Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge. For those brave enough to cross the bridge, there's a birds-eye view of clear green water & ancient caverns below. Gravel & uneven tracks, unfenced cliffs.
Named route Length 1.6 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Photos D0939 : Road at Carneatly
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Wildlife to spot
477 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 477 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Swift · Fieldfare · Snow Bunting · Whooper Swan · Blue Tit +30
Swift Apus apus2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis2015 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2017 Great Tit Parus major2017 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2017 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Robin Erithacus rubecula2019 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2019 Siskin Spinus spinus2017 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2019 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2019 Coal Tit Periparus ater2017 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2024 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2020 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2019 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2019 Greenshank Tringa nebularia2019 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2019 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2018 Rook Corvus frugilegus2018 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2018 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2017 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2017 Barn Owl Tyto alba2017 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax2017 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2017 Merlin Falco columbarius2016 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2016 House Martin Delichon urbicum2015 🦌 Mammals 8 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Pine Marten +3
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2023 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2020 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2022 Pine Marten Martes martes Green Hairstreak · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Marbled Carpet · Red-green Carpet · Heart & Dart +22
Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi2018 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata2016 Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata2016 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis2015 Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus Birch Besom
Birch Besom Taphrina betulina 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter autumn
2024 ▾
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Knotweed
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Himalayan Knotweed Koenigia polystachya Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 477 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Swift · Fieldfare · Snow Bunting · Whooper Swan · Blue Tit +30
Swift Apus apus2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis2015 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2017 Great Tit Parus major2017 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2017 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Robin Erithacus rubecula2019 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2019 Siskin Spinus spinus2017 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2019 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2019 Coal Tit Periparus ater2017 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2024 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2020 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2019 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2019 Greenshank Tringa nebularia2019 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2019 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2018 Rook Corvus frugilegus2018 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2018 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2017 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2017 Barn Owl Tyto alba2017 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax2017 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2017 Merlin Falco columbarius2016 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2016 House Martin Delichon urbicum2015 🦌 Mammals 8 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Pine Marten +3
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2023 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2020 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2022 Pine Marten Martes martes Green Hairstreak · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Marbled Carpet · Red-green Carpet · Heart & Dart +22
Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi2018 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata2016 Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata2016 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis2015 Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus Birch Besom
Birch Besom Taphrina betulina 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter autumn
2024 ▾
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Knotweed
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Himalayan Knotweed Koenigia polystachya Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis2020
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis2020
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2015
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2015
Irish Hare Lepus timidus subsp. hibernicus2015
Irish Hare Lepus timidus subsp. hibernicus2015 2022
2022
Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa fuliginosa2018
Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa fuliginosa2018
Hawthorn Berry Moth Blastodacna hellerella2018
Hawthorn Berry Moth Blastodacna hellerella2018
White-barred Tortrix Olindia schumacherana2018
White-barred Tortrix Olindia schumacherana2018
Small Magpie Anania hortulata2017
Small Magpie Anania hortulata2017
Mediterranean Flour Moth Ephestia kuehniella2016
Mediterranean Flour Moth Ephestia kuehniella2016
Firethorn Leaf Miner Phyllonorycter leucographella2016
Firethorn Leaf Miner Phyllonorycter leucographella2016
Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia2016
Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia2016
Silver Y Autographa gamma2016
Silver Y Autographa gamma2016
Red-Line Quaker Leptologia lota2016
Red-Line Quaker Leptologia lota2016
Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea2016
Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea2016
Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa2016
Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa2016
Small Wainscot Denticucullus pygmina2016
Small Wainscot Denticucullus pygmina2016
Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea2016
Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea2016
July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata2016
July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata2016
Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes2016
Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes2016
Chrysolina banksii Chrysolina banksii2015
Chrysolina banksii Chrysolina banksii2015
Agromyza idaeiana Agromyza idaeiana2015
Agromyza idaeiana Agromyza idaeiana2015
Grey Dagger Acronicta psi2015
Grey Dagger Acronicta psi2015
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2014
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2014
Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis2013
Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis2013
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2013
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