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St Cross Church

📷 Alan Barlow · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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56.57155, -5.37607

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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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ 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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Grey Heron +91 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Grey Heron +91 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 78

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Melanostoma scalare, Eupeodes corollae, Marmalade Hoverfly +12 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Melanostoma scalare, Eupeodes corollae, Marmalade Hoverfly +12 more · last seen 2024

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Dyer's Mazegill · last seen 2023; Fungi — Dyer's Mazegill · last seen 2023

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 78Cycling route

NCN National Route 78 (south)

Named routeRef 78National Cycle Network

Port Appin LoopCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 78Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route4 km

Named routeRef 78Length 4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.7 km

Named routeRef 78Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route224 m

Named routeRef 78Length 224 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

9,556 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,556 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

summerautumn

2025

Goldfinch · Canada Goose · Robin · Mallard · Grey Heron +55

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common GullLarus canus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CurlewNumenius arquata
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedshankTringa totanus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WigeonMareca penelope
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Rock DoveColumba livia
SiskinSpinus spinus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
TealAnas crecca
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GannetMorus bassanus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SwallowHirundo rustica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
JackdawColoeus monedula
GreenshankTringa nebularia
GoosanderMergus merganser
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
DunlinCalidris alpina
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Great TitParus major
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerwinter

2025

Red Squirrel · Otter

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
OtterLutra lutra

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Japanese Knotweed

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,556 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

summerautumn

2025

Goldfinch · Canada Goose · Robin · Mallard · Grey Heron +55

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common GullLarus canus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CurlewNumenius arquata
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedshankTringa totanus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WigeonMareca penelope
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Rock DoveColumba livia
SiskinSpinus spinus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
TealAnas crecca
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GannetMorus bassanus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SwallowHirundo rustica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
JackdawColoeus monedula
GreenshankTringa nebularia
GoosanderMergus merganser
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
DunlinCalidris alpina
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Great TitParus major
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerwinter

2025

Red Squirrel · Otter

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
OtterLutra lutra

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Japanese Knotweed

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Alan Barlow · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Church of the Holy Cross, Portnacroish. Re-roofing in progress.

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