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54.95258, -6.96075
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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
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🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Wren, Jackdaw +39 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Robin, Wren, Jackdaw +39 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Pointed Spear-moss +35 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Pointed Spear-moss +35 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Painted Lady, Peacock +2 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Speckled Wood, Painted Lady, Peacock +2 more · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ulster Way Walking route 1000 km ▾
A series of walking routes which encircles Northern Ireland.
Named route Length 1000 km Round trip National walking route
Show on map North Sperrins Way (Ulster Way Section) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
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Signed route nearby
Sperrins Route 7 - Banagher Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 7 Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Limavady Borough Cycling route ▾
Formerly part of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's NCN93, de-designated by them in 2020 on safety grounds
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Wildlife to spot
233 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 233 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
winter spring summer
2024 ▾
Robin · Chaffinch · Magpie · Rook · Starling +36
Robin Erithacus rubecula2010 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2010 Magpie Pica pica2010 Rook Corvus frugilegus2010 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2010 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2010 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2010 Blackbird Turdus merula2010 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2010 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2010 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2010 Great Tit Parus major2010 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2010 Dunnock Prunella modularis2010 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2010 House Martin Delichon urbicum2018 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2010 Swallow Hirundo rustica2010 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2010 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2010 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2010 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2010 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2010 Coal Tit Periparus ater2010 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2010 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2016 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2010 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2010 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2010 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2010 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2010 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2010 Dipper Cinclus cinclus Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2010 Linnet Linaria cannabina2010 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2010 Jay Garrulus glandarius2010 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2010 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2010 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2010 Redwing Turdus iliacus2010 Otter
Speckled Wood · Painted Lady · Large White · Peacock · Green-veined White
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2011 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Large White Pieris brassicae2018 Peacock Aglais io2018 Green-veined White Pieris napi2012 Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Cylindric Beard-moss · Common Crystalwort +33
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum2012 Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus2012 Common Crystalwort Riccia sorocarpa2012 Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 233 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
winter spring summer
2024 ▾
Robin · Chaffinch · Magpie · Rook · Starling +36
Robin Erithacus rubecula2010 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2010 Magpie Pica pica2010 Rook Corvus frugilegus2010 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2010 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2010 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2010 Blackbird Turdus merula2010 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2010 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2010 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2010 Great Tit Parus major2010 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2010 Dunnock Prunella modularis2010 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2010 House Martin Delichon urbicum2018 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2010 Swallow Hirundo rustica2010 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2010 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2010 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2010 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2010 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2010 Coal Tit Periparus ater2010 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2010 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2016 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2010 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2010 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2010 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2010 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2010 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2010 Dipper Cinclus cinclus Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2010 Linnet Linaria cannabina2010 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2010 Jay Garrulus glandarius2010 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2010 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2010 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2010 Redwing Turdus iliacus2010 Otter
Speckled Wood · Painted Lady · Large White · Peacock · Green-veined White
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2011 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Large White Pieris brassicae2018 Peacock Aglais io2018 Green-veined White Pieris napi2012 Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Cylindric Beard-moss · Common Crystalwort +33
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum2012 Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus2012 Common Crystalwort Riccia sorocarpa2012 Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2012
2012
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum2012
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum2012
Blunt Feather-moss Homalia trichomanoides2012
Blunt Feather-moss Homalia trichomanoides2012
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum2012
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum2012
Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus2012
Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus2012
Least Crystalwort Riccia subbifurca2012
Least Crystalwort Riccia subbifurca2012
Larger Mouse-tail Moss Isothecium alopecuroides2012
Larger Mouse-tail Moss Isothecium alopecuroides2012
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus2012
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus2012
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis2012
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis2012
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2012
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2012
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare2012
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare2012
Redshank Ceratodon purpureus2012
Redshank Ceratodon purpureus2012
Aloe Haircap Pogonatum aloides2012
Aloe Haircap Pogonatum aloides2012
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2012
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2012
Supine Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2012
Supine Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2012
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata2012
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata2012
Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum2012
Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum2012
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum2012
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum2012
Perthshire Beard-moss Didymodon rigidulus2012
Perthshire Beard-moss Didymodon rigidulus2012
Bifid Crestwort Lophocolea bidentata2012
Bifid Crestwort Lophocolea bidentata2012
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2012
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2012
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum2012
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum2012
Water-Starwort Callitriche2011
Water-Starwort Callitriche2011
Kneiff's Feather-moss Leptodictyum riparium2011
Kneiff's Feather-moss Leptodictyum riparium2011
Chiloscyphus polyanthos Chiloscyphus polyanthos2011
Chiloscyphus polyanthos Chiloscyphus polyanthos2011
Claw Brook-moss Hygrohypnella ochracea2011
Claw Brook-moss Hygrohypnella ochracea2011
Greater Water-moss Fontinalis antipyretica2011
Greater Water-moss Fontinalis antipyretica2011
Sweet-Grass Glyceria2011
Sweet-Grass Glyceria2011
River Feather-moss Brachythecium rivulare2011
River Feather-moss Brachythecium rivulare2011
Bryum Bryum2011
Bryum Bryum2011
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga2011
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga2011
Cladophora glomerata Cladophora glomerata2011
Cladophora glomerata Cladophora glomerata2011
Long-beaked Water Feather-moss Rhynchostegium riparioides2011
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