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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Red-throated Diver and Oystercatcher
✦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

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Red-throated Diver and Oystercatcher
✦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

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Red-throated Diver, Oystercatcher, Red-breasted Merganser +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Red-throated Diver, Oystercatcher, Red-breasted Merganser +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Fabricius' Nomad Bee, Painted Lady · last seen 2024; Insects — Fabricius' Nomad Bee, Painted Lady · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Fuchsia, Greater Periwinkle, Common Field-speedwell +2 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Fuchsia, Greater Periwinkle, Common Field-speedwell +2 more · last seen 2021

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mull of Galloway TrailWalking route59 km

Named routeLength 59 kmNational walking route

Loch Ryan Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 73Cycling route

Named routeRef 73National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route24 m

Named routeRef 83Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route150 m

Named routeRef 83Length 150 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route20 m

Named routeRef 83Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 83Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,279 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,279 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Red-throated Diver · Oystercatcher · Red-breasted Merganser · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull +75

Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
ScaupAythya marila2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
WigeonMareca penelope2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2023
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
RedshankTringa totanus2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2020
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2023
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
MagpiePica pica2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
PochardAythya ferina2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
KnotCalidris canutus2020
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
DunnockPrunella modularis2020
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2018
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2017
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2016

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Mammals13 species

autumn

2025

Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle · Red Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle +8

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2016
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2023
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2016
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2016
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2016
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2016
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2016

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2024

Fabricius' Nomad Bee · Painted Lady

Fabricius' Nomad BeeNomada fabriciana
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019

🌿

Plants21 species

spring

2021

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Sea-buckthorn · Common Centaury · Gorse · Red Campion +16

Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
GorseUlex europaeus
Red CampionSilene dioica
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Medium-flowered Winter-cressBarbarea intermedia
Hoary CressLepidium draba
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
DaisyBellis perennis
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,279 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Red-throated Diver · Oystercatcher · Red-breasted Merganser · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull +75

Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
ScaupAythya marila2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
WigeonMareca penelope2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2023
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
RedshankTringa totanus2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2020
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2023
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
MagpiePica pica2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
PochardAythya ferina2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
KnotCalidris canutus2020
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
DunnockPrunella modularis2020
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2018
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2017
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2016

🦌

Mammals13 species

autumn

2025

Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle · Red Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle +8

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2016
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2023
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2016
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2016
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2016
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2016
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2016

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2024

Fabricius' Nomad Bee · Painted Lady

Fabricius' Nomad BeeNomada fabriciana
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019

🌿

Plants21 species

spring

2021

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Sea-buckthorn · Common Centaury · Gorse · Red Campion +16

Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
GorseUlex europaeus
Red CampionSilene dioica
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Medium-flowered Winter-cressBarbarea intermedia
Hoary CressLepidium draba
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
DaisyBellis perennis
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 rod collier · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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