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Skerry Church Yard

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Dogs welcome

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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

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodcock, Woodpigeon +26 more · last seen 2022; Birds — Blackbird, Woodcock, Woodpigeon +26 more · last seen 2022

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Fool's Water-Cress, Greater Water-moss, Green Alga Sp. +24 more · last seen 2011; Plants — Fool's Water-Cress, Greater Water-moss, Green Alga Sp. +24 more · last seen 2011

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Cantharis nigricans · last seen 2018; Insects — Cantharis nigricans · last seen 2018

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Antrim Hills WayWalking route35 km

Slemish to Glenarm

Named routeLength 35 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

ecos Cycle TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

142 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

142 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

winter

2022

Blackbird · Woodcock · Woodpigeon · Mistle Thrush · Chaffinch +24

BlackbirdTurdus merula2018
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2018
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2018
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2018
JackdawColoeus monedula2018
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RookCorvus frugilegus2018
MagpiePica pica2018
Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2018
Great TitParus major2018
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2018
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2014
SnipeGallinago gallinago
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RedwingTurdus iliacus2018
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2017
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2017
SwallowHirundo rustica2017
RobinErithacus rubecula2017
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2017
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2013

🦌

Mammals1 species

2010

Otter

OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2018

Cantharis nigricans

Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans

🌿

Plants79 species

summer

2011

Common Liverwort · Long-beaked Thyme-moss · Cladophora glomerata · Fool's Water-Cress · Brooklime +74

Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
Long-beaked Thyme-mossPlagiomnium rostratum
Cladophora glomerataCladophora glomerata
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica
Green Alga Sp.Chlorophyta
LemaneaLemanea
River GrimmiaSchistidium rivulare
Blue Water-speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica
Water CressNasturtium officinale
Brook-side Feather-mossHygroamblystegium fluviatile
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium
Chiloscyphus polyanthosChiloscyphus polyanthos
River Bristle-mossOrthotrichum rivulare
Smaller Lattice-mossCinclidotus fontinaloides
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Hildenbrandia rivularisHildenbrandia rivularis
UlothrixUlothrix
Water-StarwortCallitriche
FissidensFissidens
Sweet-GrassGlyceria
WoodruffGalium odoratum2010
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2010
Greater PlantainPlantago major2010
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2010
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2010
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2010
Hairy BindweedCalystegia pulchra2010
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2010
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2010
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2010
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2010
Rough HorsetailEquisetum hyemale2010
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2010
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2010
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2010
NipplewortLapsana communis2010
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2010
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2010
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2010
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2010
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2010
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2010
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2010
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2010
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2010
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2010
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2010
Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2010
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis2010
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2010
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2010
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2010
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2010
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2010
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2010
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2010
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2010
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2010
Wood FescueDrymochloa sylvatica2010
Downy OatAvenula pubescens2010
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2010
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2010
HazelCorylus avellana2010
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2010
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2010
RaspberryRubus idaeus2010
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2010
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2010
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2010
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2010
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2010
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2010

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

142 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

winter

2022

Blackbird · Woodcock · Woodpigeon · Mistle Thrush · Chaffinch +24

BlackbirdTurdus merula2018
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2018
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2018
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2018
JackdawColoeus monedula2018
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RookCorvus frugilegus2018
MagpiePica pica2018
Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2018
Great TitParus major2018
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2018
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2014
SnipeGallinago gallinago
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RedwingTurdus iliacus2018
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2017
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2017
SwallowHirundo rustica2017
RobinErithacus rubecula2017
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2017
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2013

🦌

Mammals1 species

2010

Otter

OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2018

Cantharis nigricans

Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans

🌿

Plants79 species

summer

2011

Common Liverwort · Long-beaked Thyme-moss · Cladophora glomerata · Fool's Water-Cress · Brooklime +74

Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
Long-beaked Thyme-mossPlagiomnium rostratum
Cladophora glomerataCladophora glomerata
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica
Green Alga Sp.Chlorophyta
LemaneaLemanea
River GrimmiaSchistidium rivulare
Blue Water-speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica
Water CressNasturtium officinale
Brook-side Feather-mossHygroamblystegium fluviatile
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium
Chiloscyphus polyanthosChiloscyphus polyanthos
River Bristle-mossOrthotrichum rivulare
Smaller Lattice-mossCinclidotus fontinaloides
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Hildenbrandia rivularisHildenbrandia rivularis
UlothrixUlothrix
Water-StarwortCallitriche
FissidensFissidens
Sweet-GrassGlyceria
WoodruffGalium odoratum2010
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2010
Greater PlantainPlantago major2010
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2010
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2010
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2010
Hairy BindweedCalystegia pulchra2010
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2010
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2010
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2010
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2010
Rough HorsetailEquisetum hyemale2010
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2010
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2010
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2010
NipplewortLapsana communis2010
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2010
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2010
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2010
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2010
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2010
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2010
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2010
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2010
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2010
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2010
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2010
Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2010
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis2010
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2010
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2010
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2010
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2010
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2010
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2010
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2010
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2010
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2010
Wood FescueDrymochloa sylvatica2010
Downy OatAvenula pubescens2010
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2010
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2010
HazelCorylus avellana2010
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2010
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2010
RaspberryRubus idaeus2010
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2010
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2010
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2010
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2010
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2010
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2010

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Brian Shaw · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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