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St. Columba's Church (ruins)

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📷 Leslie Barrie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦118+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Wagtail and Swallow
✦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

🐦118+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Wagtail and Swallow
✦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

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Grey Wagtail, Swallow, Curlew +115 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Grey Wagtail, Swallow, Curlew +115 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small Copper, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +19 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Copper, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +19 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Rock Samphire, Sea Bindweed +11 more · last seen 2024; Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Rock Samphire, Sea Bindweed +11 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Kintyre WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

4,173 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,173 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

summer

2026

Oystercatcher · Gannet · Swallow · Grey Wagtail · Blackcap +69

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GannetMorus bassanus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea2025
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus2025
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025

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Insects12 species

summer

2025

Small Copper · Common Carder Bee · Common Marble · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Marmalade Hoverfly +7

Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Common MarbleCelypha lacunana
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata
Red Admiral

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,173 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

summer

2026

Oystercatcher · Gannet · Swallow · Grey Wagtail · Blackcap +69

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GannetMorus bassanus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea2025
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus2025
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025

🐝

Insects12 species

summer

2025

Small Copper · Common Carder Bee · Common Marble · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Marmalade Hoverfly +7

Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Common MarbleCelypha lacunana
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata
Red Admiral

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Leslie Barrie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦Dunaverty Memorial Burial EnclosureHistoric site1.4 km→⛪Southend Parish ChurchReligious grounds3.1 km→✦High Keil, dun siteHistoric site600 m→✦Lephenstrath, dun siteHistoric site1.6 km→⛳Dunaverty Golf ClubGolf course2 km→✦Ormsary, dun siteHistoric site3.1 km→

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