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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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Toilets

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Chaffinch, Hooded Crow, Song Thrush +42 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Hooded Crow, Song Thrush +42 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown +48 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown +48 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Dense-flowered Orchid, Wall Speedwell, Hawthorn +36 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Dense-flowered Orchid, Wall Speedwell, Hawthorn +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Ulster Way Link SectionsWalking route1000 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 routeLength 1000 kmRound trip

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Kingfisher Cycle Trail - Southern Loop (Ride 2)Cycling route

Named routeRef KCT2Round tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,021 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,021 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

springsummer

2025

Blue Tit · Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Meadow Pipit · Song Thrush +33

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Great TitParus major2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2025

Red Squirrel · Mountain Hare · Fallow Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Mountain HareLepus timidus2023
Fallow DeerDama dama2023

🐝

Insects9 species

springsummer

2024

Speckled Wood · Green-veined White · Ringlet · Meadow Brown · Holly Blue +4

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
PeacockAglais io
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2022
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae

🌿

Plants7 species

summerautumn

2025

Hawthorn · Holly · Butterbur · Japanese Knotweed · Pyramidal Orchid +2

HawthornCrataegus monogyna
HollyIlex aquifolium
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023
Dense-flowered OrchidNeotinea maculata2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,021 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

springsummer

2025

Blue Tit · Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Meadow Pipit · Song Thrush +33

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Great TitParus major2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2025

Red Squirrel · Mountain Hare · Fallow Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Mountain HareLepus timidus2023
Fallow DeerDama dama2023

🐝

Insects9 species

springsummer

2024

Speckled Wood · Green-veined White · Ringlet · Meadow Brown · Holly Blue +4

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
PeacockAglais io
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2022
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae

🌿

Plants7 species

summerautumn

2025

Hawthorn · Holly · Butterbur · Japanese Knotweed · Pyramidal Orchid +2

HawthornCrataegus monogyna
HollyIlex aquifolium
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023
Dense-flowered OrchidNeotinea maculata2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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