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🦉 Wildlife🍂 Seasonal🦅 Birds
Dogs welcome
Places › Northern Ireland › Derry City and Strabane Getting here
54.91798, -7.18292
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ✦ 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
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ✦ 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Bluebell, Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage +37 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Bluebell, Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage +37 more · last seen 2021
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Wren, Robin, Rook +42 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wren, Robin, Rook +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Pyrenula macrospora, Scarlet Elfcup, Glue Crust · last seen 2014; Fungi — Pyrenula macrospora, Scarlet Elfcup, Glue Crust · last seen 2014
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +14 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +14 more · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Faughan Valley Cycleway Route 3 Cycling route 35.4 km ▾
Named route Ref 3 Length 35.4 km Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Faughan Valley Cycleway Route 1 Cycling route 38.6 km ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 38.6 km Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Faughan Valley Cycleway Route 2 Cycling route 37 km ▾
Named route Ref 2 Length 37 km Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos C5207 : Standing stone at Gortnaran
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685 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 685 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Wren · Robin · Willow Warbler · Rook · Chiffchaff +28
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Rook Corvus frugilegus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Blackbird Turdus merula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Swallow Hirundo rustica Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Dipper Cinclus cinclus Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Regulus regulus regulus Regulus regulus regulus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Coal Tit Periparus ater Dunnock Prunella modularis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Hooded Crow Corvus cornix cornix Siskin Spinus spinus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2017 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2015 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2015 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2018 Ringlet · Green-veined White · Painted Lady · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood +6
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus Green-veined White Pieris napi Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Large White Pieris brassicae Peacock Aglais io 🌿 Plants 2 species
spring summer
2021 ▾
Japanese Knotweed · Bluebell
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2017 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 685 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Wren · Robin · Willow Warbler · Rook · Chiffchaff +28
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Rook Corvus frugilegus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Blackbird Turdus merula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Swallow Hirundo rustica Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Dipper Cinclus cinclus Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Regulus regulus regulus Regulus regulus regulus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Coal Tit Periparus ater Dunnock Prunella modularis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Hooded Crow Corvus cornix cornix Siskin Spinus spinus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2017 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2015 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2015 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2018 Ringlet · Green-veined White · Painted Lady · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood +6
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus Green-veined White Pieris napi Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Large White Pieris brassicae Peacock Aglais io 🌿 Plants 2 species
spring summer
2021 ▾
Japanese Knotweed · Bluebell
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2017 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus
Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2015
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2015
Silver Y Autographa gamma2018
Silver Y Autographa gamma2018 