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Places › Northern Ireland › Causeway Coast and Glens Getting here
54.97923, -6.69100
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 — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Small Phoenix, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing +194 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Small Phoenix, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing +194 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Raven, Chaffinch +37 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Robin, Raven, Chaffinch +37 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Himalayan Balsam, Common Smoothcap +18 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bluebell, Himalayan Balsam, Common Smoothcap +18 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Yellow Stagshorn, Flammulina, Yellow Brain +2 more · last seen 2022; Fungi — Yellow Stagshorn, Flammulina, Yellow Brain +2 more · last seen 2022
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sperrins Route 12 -Bann Valley Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Sperrins Route 11 -Eagles Glen Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 11 Round trip Regional cycle route
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2,873 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,873 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
winter spring
2024 ▾
Robin · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit +30
Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2021 Raven Corvus corax Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Siskin Spinus spinus2023 Magpie Pica pica2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2021 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2021 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2021 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2019 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2021 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2020 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2019 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2019 Rabbit · American Mink · Pine Marten · Red Fox · Hedgehog +1
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2021 American Mink Neovison vison Pine Marten Martes martes2021 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2020 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2020 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Painted Lady · Orange-tip · Scathophaga stercoraria · Ctenicera cuprea · Scalloped Hazel +33
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2020 Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2021 Ctenicera cuprea Ctenicera cuprea2020 Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata2019 Elephant Hawk-moth 🍄 Fungi 3 species
winter autumn
2022 ▾
Yellow Stagshorn · Flammulina · Yellow Brain
Yellow Stagshorn Calocera viscosa2021 Flammulina Flammulina Yellow Brain Tremella mesenterica Common Smoothcap · Raspberry · Yorkshire-fog · Meadow Buttercup · Cuckooflower +12
Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum Raspberry Rubus idaeus2024 Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus2022 Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2022 Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2022 Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,873 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
winter spring
2024 ▾
Robin · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit +30
Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2021 Raven Corvus corax Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Siskin Spinus spinus2023 Magpie Pica pica2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2021 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2021 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2021 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2019 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2021 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2020 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2019 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2019 Rabbit · American Mink · Pine Marten · Red Fox · Hedgehog +1
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2021 American Mink Neovison vison Pine Marten Martes martes2021 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2020 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2020 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Painted Lady · Orange-tip · Scathophaga stercoraria · Ctenicera cuprea · Scalloped Hazel +33
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2020 Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2021 Ctenicera cuprea Ctenicera cuprea2020 Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata2019 Elephant Hawk-moth 🍄 Fungi 3 species
winter autumn
2022 ▾
Yellow Stagshorn · Flammulina · Yellow Brain
Yellow Stagshorn Calocera viscosa2021 Flammulina Flammulina Yellow Brain Tremella mesenterica Common Smoothcap · Raspberry · Yorkshire-fog · Meadow Buttercup · Cuckooflower +12
Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum Raspberry Rubus idaeus2024 Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus2022 Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2022 Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2022 Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Deilephila elpenor2019
Deilephila elpenor2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina2019
Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina2019
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2019
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2019
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe2019
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe2019
Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata2019
Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata2019
Early Thorn Selenia dentaria2019
Early Thorn Selenia dentaria2019
Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria2019
Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria2019
Buff-tip Phalera bucephala2019
Buff-tip Phalera bucephala2019
Nut-tree Tussock Colocasia coryli2019
Nut-tree Tussock Colocasia coryli2019
Brown Silver-line Petrophora chlorosata2019
Brown Silver-line Petrophora chlorosata2019
mayflies Ephemeroptera
mayflies Ephemeroptera
Hydropsyche Hydropsyche
Hydropsyche Hydropsyche
Potamophylax Potamophylax
Potamophylax Potamophylax
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata2024
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata2024
Green Dock Beetle Gastrophysa viridula2024
Green Dock Beetle Gastrophysa viridula2024
Leistus terminatus Leistus terminatus2022
Leistus terminatus Leistus terminatus2022
Loricera pilicornis Loricera pilicornis2022
Loricera pilicornis Loricera pilicornis2022
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus2022
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus2022
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2022
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2022
Cantharis pallida Cantharis pallida2021
Cantharis pallida Cantharis pallida2021
Cantharis rufa Cantharis rufa2021
Cantharis rufa Cantharis rufa2021
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2021
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2021
Sericomyia superbiens Sericomyia superbiens2020
Sericomyia superbiens Sericomyia superbiens2020
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Hemaris tityus2020
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Hemaris tityus2020
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019 2022
2022
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris2022
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris2022
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum2022
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum2022
Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea2022
Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea2022
Shining Hookeria Hookeria lucens2022
Shining Hookeria Hookeria lucens2022
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis2022
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis2022
Dandelion Taraxacum2021
Dandelion Taraxacum2021
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa2021
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa2021
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris2021
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris2021
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2021
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2021
Flowering Currant Ribes sanguineum2021
Flowering Currant Ribes sanguineum2021
Gorse Ulex europaeus2021
Gorse Ulex europaeus2021 