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St Columba Hotel, Organic Garden

1 ha

📷 Andrew Abbott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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56.33261, -6.39305

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕The Rookery Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕The Rookery Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingPicnic spotToilets

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8 activities

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Starling, Oystercatcher, Goldfinch +90 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Starling, Oystercatcher, Goldfinch +90 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Scathophaga stercoraria, Common Carder Bee, Common Wasp +11 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Scathophaga stercoraria, Common Carder Bee, Common Wasp +11 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

St Conan Pilgrim WayWalking route118 km

Just over 100km of walking, mostly on road but with mountain pass of Glen Noe. Walking distance about 103 km

Named routeLength 118 kmLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

11,241 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,241 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

autumn

2025

Starling · Greylag Goose · Robin · Rook · Pied Wagtail +56

StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RobinErithacus rubecula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
ShagGulosus aristotelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RavenCorvus corax
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Rock DoveColumba livia
GannetMorus bassanus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Turdus iliacus coburniTurdus iliacus coburni
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Common GullLarus canus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
EiderSomateria mollissima
SanderlingCalidris alba
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
LinnetLinaria cannabina
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
PuffinFratercula arctica
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Gulosus aristotelis aristotelisGulosus aristotelis aristotelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
SwallowHirundo rustica
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus

🦌

Mammals1 species

springautumn

2026

American Mink

American MinkNeovison vison

🐝

Insects5 species

autumn

2025

Common Carder Bee · Common Wasp · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Pimpla rufipes · Heather (Girdled) Colletes

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Common WaspVespula vulgaris
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Pimpla rufipesPimpla rufipes
Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,241 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

autumn

2025

Starling · Greylag Goose · Robin · Rook · Pied Wagtail +56

StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RobinErithacus rubecula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
ShagGulosus aristotelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RavenCorvus corax
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Rock DoveColumba livia
GannetMorus bassanus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Turdus iliacus coburniTurdus iliacus coburni
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Common GullLarus canus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
EiderSomateria mollissima
SanderlingCalidris alba
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
LinnetLinaria cannabina
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
PuffinFratercula arctica
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Gulosus aristotelis aristotelisGulosus aristotelis aristotelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
SwallowHirundo rustica
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus

🦌

Mammals1 species

springautumn

2026

American Mink

American MinkNeovison vison

🐝

Insects5 species

autumn

2025

Common Carder Bee · Common Wasp · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Pimpla rufipes · Heather (Girdled) Colletes

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Common WaspVespula vulgaris
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Pimpla rufipesPimpla rufipes
Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Andrew Abbott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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