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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds✦Heritage
Dogs welcome
Getting here
54.72235, -6.37150
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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
- ✦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 — Robin, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +42 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +42 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2015; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2015
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Riverside PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 94Cycling route177 km▾
Named routeRef 94Length 177 kmRound tripNational Cycle Network
National Cycle Network National Route 97 ExtensionCycling route▾
Ballymena to Randalstown
Named routeRef 97National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route726 m▾
Named routeRef 94Length 726 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route369 m▾
Named routeRef 94Length 369 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 94Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route553 m▾
Named routeRef 94Length 553 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
245 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
245 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Wren · Starling +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2015
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2011
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2015
- Great TitParus major2010
- RookCorvus frugilegus2010
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2015
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2010
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2010
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2010
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2010
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2010
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2010
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2010
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2011
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2010
- SwiftApus apus2010
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2010
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Giant Hogweed · Himalayan Balsam · Honeysuckle · Soft-rush · Bramble +67
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2010
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus2010
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2010
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2010
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
245 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Wren · Starling +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2015
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2011
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2015
- Great TitParus major2010
- RookCorvus frugilegus2010
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2015
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2010
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2010
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2010
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2010
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2010
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2010
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2010
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2011
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2010
- SwiftApus apus2010
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2010
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Giant Hogweed · Himalayan Balsam · Honeysuckle · Soft-rush · Bramble +67
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2010
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus2010
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2010
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2010
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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