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Sluggans Woodland Park

📷 Richard Dorrell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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57.42160, -6.21402

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Hooded Crow, Herring Gull +95 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Hooded Crow, Herring Gull +95 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Maidenhair Spleenwort, Fuchsia, Tutsan +34 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Maidenhair Spleenwort, Fuchsia, Tutsan +34 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Darter, Emerald Damselfly, Common Hawker +5 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Emerald Damselfly, Common Hawker +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Scorrybreac CircuitWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Skye Trail - Stage 4Walking route19 km

Named routeLength 19 kmRegional walking route

Skye Trail - Stage 3Walking route14 km

Named routeLength 14 kmRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

18,372 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

18,372 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumnwinter

2025

Jackdaw · Hooded Crow · Grey Heron · Robin · Blackcap +59

JackdawColoeus monedula
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RookCorvus frugilegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common GullLarus canus
RedshankTringa totanus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
WigeonMareca penelope
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
RavenCorvus corax
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
BuzzardButeo buteo
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CuckooCuculus canorus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
CurlewNumenius arquata
TealAnas crecca
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
GannetMorus bassanus
RazorbillAlca torda
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
SwallowHirundo rustica

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2025

Common Darter · Emerald Damselfly · Common Hawker · Black Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans

🌿

Plants24 species

summer

2026

Maidenhair Spleenwort · Tutsan · Broom · Honeysuckle · Fuchsia +19

Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
BroomCytisus scoparius
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica2025
TormentilPotentilla erecta2025
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025
Great SundewDrosera anglica2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Buck's-beardAruncus dioicus2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

18,372 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumnwinter

2025

Jackdaw · Hooded Crow · Grey Heron · Robin · Blackcap +59

JackdawColoeus monedula
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RookCorvus frugilegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common GullLarus canus
RedshankTringa totanus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
WigeonMareca penelope
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
RavenCorvus corax
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
BuzzardButeo buteo
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CuckooCuculus canorus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
CurlewNumenius arquata
TealAnas crecca
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
GannetMorus bassanus
RazorbillAlca torda
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
SwallowHirundo rustica

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2025

Common Darter · Emerald Damselfly · Common Hawker · Black Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans

🌿

Plants24 species

summer

2026

Maidenhair Spleenwort · Tutsan · Broom · Honeysuckle · Fuchsia +19

Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
BroomCytisus scoparius
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica2025
TormentilPotentilla erecta2025
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025
Great SundewDrosera anglica2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Buck's-beardAruncus dioicus2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Dorrell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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