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Places › Northern Ireland › Antrim and Newtownabbey Getting here
54.79304, -6.06477
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Raven, Mallard, Mute Swan +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Raven, Mallard, Mute Swan +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Clouded Border, Ingrailed Clay, Oblique Carpet +124 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Clouded Border, Ingrailed Clay, Oblique Carpet +124 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Bluebell · last seen 2017; Plants — Bluebell · last seen 2017
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Antrim Hills Way Walking route 35 km ▾
Slemish to Glenarm
Named route Length 35 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Raa Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
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Wildlife to spot
4,494 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,494 records · National Biodiversity Network Raven · Mallard · Mute Swan · Crossbill · Magpie +43
Raven Corvus corax2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Magpie Pica pica2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2024 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2021 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2021 Teal Anas crecca2021 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring summer
2024 ▾
Rabbit · Badger
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Badger Meles meles2022 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Sericomyia silentis · Clouded Border · Straw Dot · Ingrailed Clay · Poplar Hawk-moth +4
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata2019 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis2019 Ingrailed Clay Diarsia mendica2019 Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi2019 Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,494 records · National Biodiversity Network Raven · Mallard · Mute Swan · Crossbill · Magpie +43
Raven Corvus corax2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Magpie Pica pica2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2024 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2021 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2021 Teal Anas crecca2021 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring summer
2024 ▾
Rabbit · Badger
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Badger Meles meles2022 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Sericomyia silentis · Clouded Border · Straw Dot · Ingrailed Clay · Poplar Hawk-moth +4
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata2019 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis2019 Ingrailed Clay Diarsia mendica2019 Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi2019 Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Broom Moth Ceramica pisi2019
Broom Moth Ceramica pisi2019
Common Wave Cabera exanthemata2019
Common Wave Cabera exanthemata2019
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata2019
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata2019 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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