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Sruthan na Cille, dun site

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📷 M J Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦102+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Hooded Crow
✦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

🐦102+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Hooded Crow
✦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

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Mute Swan +99 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Mute Swan +99 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Fruity Brittlegill, Stinking Dapperling, Ochre Brittlegill +1 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Fruity Brittlegill, Stinking Dapperling, Ochre Brittlegill +1 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Bombus lucorum +7 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Bombus lucorum +7 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Small Nettle, Sea Aster, Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2024; Plants — Small Nettle, Sea Aster, Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Distilleries PathwayWalking route5.5 km

Named routeLength 5.5 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Distilleries PathwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

6,244 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,244 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds104 species

autumn

2026

Herring Gull · Hooded Crow · Mute Swan · Blackbird · Starling +99

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Great TitParus major2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
TealAnas crecca2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2023
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2023
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
PuffinFratercula arctica2023
SwiftApus apus2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
KnotCalidris canutus2022
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2021
WigeonMareca penelope2020

🦌

Mammals11 species

autumn

2025

Rabbit · Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Fallow Deer · Red Deer +6

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2023
Fallow DeerDama dama2020
Red DeerCervus elaphus
OtterLutra lutra
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects10 species

summer

2024

Common Carder Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Bombus lucorum · Moss Carder Bee · Heath Bumblebee +5

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Orache Case-bearerColeophora saxicolella
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus2023
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2021

🍄

Fungi4 species

summer

2025

Fruity Brittlegill · Stinking Dapperling · Ochre Brittlegill · Coprinopsis friesii

Fruity BrittlegillRussula queletii
Stinking DapperlingLepiota cristata
Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca
Coprinopsis friesiiCoprinopsis friesii2021

🌿

Plants3 species

summer

2024

Small Nettle · Sea Aster · Japanese Knotweed

Small NettleUrtica urens
Sea AsterTripolium pannonicum
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,244 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds104 species

autumn

2026

Herring Gull · Hooded Crow · Mute Swan · Blackbird · Starling +99

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Great TitParus major2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
TealAnas crecca2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2023
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2023
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
PuffinFratercula arctica2023
SwiftApus apus2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
KnotCalidris canutus2022
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2021
WigeonMareca penelope2020

🦌

Mammals11 species

autumn

2025

Rabbit · Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Fallow Deer · Red Deer +6

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2023
Fallow DeerDama dama2020
Red DeerCervus elaphus
OtterLutra lutra
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects10 species

summer

2024

Common Carder Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Bombus lucorum · Moss Carder Bee · Heath Bumblebee +5

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Orache Case-bearerColeophora saxicolella
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus2023
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2021

🍄

Fungi4 species

summer

2025

Fruity Brittlegill · Stinking Dapperling · Ochre Brittlegill · Coprinopsis friesii

Fruity BrittlegillRussula queletii
Stinking DapperlingLepiota cristata
Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca
Coprinopsis friesiiCoprinopsis friesii2021

🌿

Plants3 species

summer

2024

Small Nettle · Sea Aster · Japanese Knotweed

Small NettleUrtica urens
Sea AsterTripolium pannonicum
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 M J Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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