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Places › Northern Ireland › Lisburn and Castlereagh Getting here
54.47996, -6.23842
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ✦ 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
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ✦ 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 — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral +49 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Collared Dove, Blackbird +46 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Collared Dove, Blackbird +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Ivy +43 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Ivy +43 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Alder Tongue, Meadowsweet Rust, Dryad's Saddle +2 more · last seen 2019; Fungi — Alder Tongue, Meadowsweet Rust, Dryad's Saddle +2 more · last seen 2019
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Loughshore Trail Route 2 - Moira Loop Cycling route 27 km ▾
Named route Ref 2 Length 27 km Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Craigavon Cycle Trail Cycling route ▾
Notional cycle route dreamt up by Walk Wheel Cycle Trust in 2020 to replace their scrapped Regional Route 10 and other bits of National Cycle Network
Named route Round trip Local cycle route
Show on map Route 94 Cycling route 177 km ▾
Named route Ref 94 Length 177 km Round trip National Cycle Network
Show on map EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part Northern Ireland Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV1 International cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 29 m ▾
Named route Ref 94 Length 29 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 94 Length 1.1 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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2,070 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,070 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Mute Swan · Swift · Woodpigeon · Magpie +35
Blackbird Turdus merula Mute Swan Cygnus olor2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Rook Corvus frugilegus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Goldcrest Regulus regulus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2023 Coot Fulica atra2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2023 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2022 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2023 Gadwall Mareca strepera2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2022 Coal Tit Periparus ater2022 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2022 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Squirrel +1
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2024 Badger Meles meles Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2022 Squirrel Sciurus2023 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2024 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Small Tortoiseshell · Humming-bird Hawk-moth · Green Dock Beetle · Phytomyza ranunculi · Red-tailed Bumblebee +33
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2021 Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum2023 Green Dock Beetle Gastrophysa viridula2022 Phytomyza ranunculi Phytomyza ranunculi2021 Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2019 Anoplotrupes stercorosus Alder Tongue · Meadowsweet Rust
Alder Tongue Taphrina alni Meadowsweet Rust Triphragmium ulmariae Giant Hogweed · Yellow Iris · Goat's-beard
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2021 Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis2020 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,070 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Mute Swan · Swift · Woodpigeon · Magpie +35
Blackbird Turdus merula Mute Swan Cygnus olor2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Rook Corvus frugilegus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Goldcrest Regulus regulus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2023 Coot Fulica atra2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2023 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2022 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2023 Gadwall Mareca strepera2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2022 Coal Tit Periparus ater2022 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2022 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Squirrel +1
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2024 Badger Meles meles Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2022 Squirrel Sciurus2023 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2024 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Small Tortoiseshell · Humming-bird Hawk-moth · Green Dock Beetle · Phytomyza ranunculi · Red-tailed Bumblebee +33
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2021 Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum2023 Green Dock Beetle Gastrophysa viridula2022 Phytomyza ranunculi Phytomyza ranunculi2021 Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2019 Anoplotrupes stercorosus Alder Tongue · Meadowsweet Rust
Alder Tongue Taphrina alni Meadowsweet Rust Triphragmium ulmariae Giant Hogweed · Yellow Iris · Goat's-beard
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2021 Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis2020 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2020
2020
Anoplotrupes stercorosus
Anoplotrupes stercorosus
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Black Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus humator
Black Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus humator
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Micromus variegatus Micromus variegatus2022
Micromus variegatus Micromus variegatus2022
Ilex Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter messaniella2022
Ilex Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter messaniella2022
White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda2022
White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda2022
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2021
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2021
Cantharis nigricans Cantharis nigricans2021
Cantharis nigricans Cantharis nigricans2021
Cytilus sericeus Cytilus sericeus2020
Cytilus sericeus Cytilus sericeus2020
Pinalitus cervinus Pinalitus cervinus2020
Pinalitus cervinus Pinalitus cervinus2020
Anaspis maculata Anaspis maculata2020
Anaspis maculata Anaspis maculata2020
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2020
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2020
Grammoptera ruficornis Grammoptera ruficornis2020
Grammoptera ruficornis Grammoptera ruficornis2020
Liriomyza amoena Liriomyza amoena2019
Liriomyza amoena Liriomyza amoena2019
Phytomyza plantaginis Phytomyza plantaginis2019
Phytomyza plantaginis Phytomyza plantaginis2019
Phytomyza lappae Phytomyza lappae2019
Phytomyza lappae Phytomyza lappae2019
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2019
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2019
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2019
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2019
Agromyza filipendulae Agromyza filipendulae2019
Agromyza filipendulae Agromyza filipendulae2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2019
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2019
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2019
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2019
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2019
Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella2019
Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella2019
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2019
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2019
Small Nettle Weevil Nedyus quadrimaculatus2019
Small Nettle Weevil Nedyus quadrimaculatus2019
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2019
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2019
Eumerus Eumerus2019
Eumerus Eumerus2019 