Temple Wood Stone Circles Park
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
56.12371, -5.49847
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Goldfinch +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Goldfinch +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Marbled Carpet, Dark Marbled Carpet, Square-spot Rustic +218 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Chicken Of The Woods, Violet Coral, Boeremia hedericola +1 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Crinan CanalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 78National Cycle Network
Caledonia WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeLength 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route898 m▾
Named routeLength 898 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ardnoe Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
firetower trailMountain bike route▾
Photos
Temple Wood Stone Circles
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
19,220 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,220 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Chaffinch · Pied Wagtail · Goldfinch · House Sparrow +38
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Red Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee · Eristalis intricaria · Red Admiral · Bibio pomonae · Yellow-legged Furrow Bee +8
- Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae
- Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Chicken Of The Woods · Violet Coral
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
- Violet CoralClavaria zollingeri s. lat.
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,220 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Chaffinch · Pied Wagtail · Goldfinch · House Sparrow +38
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Red Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee · Eristalis intricaria · Red Admiral · Bibio pomonae · Yellow-legged Furrow Bee +8
- Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae
- Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Chicken Of The Woods · Violet Coral
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
- Violet CoralClavaria zollingeri s. lat.
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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