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Stiddrig Long Cairn

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WildlifeBirdsHeritage

Dogs welcome0 ha

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55.27375, -3.51051

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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Wheatear, Coal Tit, Chaffinch +20 more · last seen 2016; Birds — Wheatear, Coal Tit, Chaffinch +20 more · last seen 2016

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Rhagium bifasciatum, Dark Giant Horsefly · last seen 2023; Insects — Rhagium bifasciatum, Dark Giant Horsefly · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Southern Upland Way (Section A - Portpatrick to Melrose)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

Annandale WayWalking route88 km

Named routeLength 88 kmNational walking route

Romans and Reivers RouteWalking route84 km

Named routeLength 84 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 74Cycling route

Named routeRef 74National Cycle Network

Caledonian CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 10Regional cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

The Ae-LineMountain bike route24 km

Named routeLength 24 km

Wildlife to spot

59 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

59 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds23 species

winter

2016

Wheatear · Coal Tit · Chaffinch · Wren · Crossbill +18

WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Coal TitPeriparus ater2013
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2010
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2013
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2010
RobinErithacus rubecula2010
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2010
Great TitParus major2010
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2010
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2014
RavenCorvus corax2014
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2011
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2011
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2011
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2011
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2011
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2010
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2010
RookCorvus frugilegus2010
Rock DoveColumba livia2010
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2010
DunnockPrunella modularis2010
BlackbirdTurdus merula2010

🦌

Mammals6 species

summer

2025

Fallow Deer · Red Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Rabbit +1

Fallow DeerDama dama2017
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Brown HareLepus europaeus2017
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2017
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2017
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2017

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2015

Common Lizard · Slow-worm

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2023

Rhagium bifasciatum · Dark Giant Horsefly

Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

59 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds23 species

winter

2016

Wheatear · Coal Tit · Chaffinch · Wren · Crossbill +18

WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Coal TitPeriparus ater2013
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2010
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2013
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2010
RobinErithacus rubecula2010
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2010
Great TitParus major2010
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2010
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2014
RavenCorvus corax2014
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2011
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2011
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2011
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2011
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2011
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2010
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2010
RookCorvus frugilegus2010
Rock DoveColumba livia2010
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2010
DunnockPrunella modularis2010
BlackbirdTurdus merula2010

🦌

Mammals6 species

summer

2025

Fallow Deer · Red Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Rabbit +1

Fallow DeerDama dama2017
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Brown HareLepus europaeus2017
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2017
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2017
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2017

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2015

Common Lizard · Slow-worm

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2023

Rhagium bifasciatum · Dark Giant Horsefly

Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rab McMurdo · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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