🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🍄 Fungi
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › Northern Ireland › Newry, Mourne and Down Getting here
54.44721, -5.82913
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Elfin Saddle, Crimson Waxcap, Meadow Waxcap +9 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Elfin Saddle, Crimson Waxcap, Meadow Waxcap +9 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +34 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Glasswater Wood - Connecting Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Blackthorn Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Birch Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Old Cart Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Oak Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Photos J4157 : In the Walled Garden at Rowallane, Saintfield.
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Wildlife to spot
11,062 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 11,062 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit +20
Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Goldcrest Regulus regulus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica Coal Tit Periparus ater Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Rook Corvus frugilegus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Redwing Turdus iliacus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Jay Garrulus glandarius Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Starling Sturnus vulgaris Dunnock Prunella modularis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Pine Marten
Elfin Saddle · Crimson Waxcap · Meadow Waxcap · Beige Coral · Yellow Club +7
Elfin Saddle Helvella lacunosa Crimson Waxcap Hygrocybe punicea Meadow Waxcap Cuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis Beige Coral Clavulinopsis umbrinella Yellow Club Clavulinopsis helvola Cap Cŵyr Gludiog Hygrocybe glutinipes Crazed Cap Navelwort · Polypody · Rusty-Back Fern · Hart's-Tongue · Wall-rue +1
Navelwort Umbilicus rupestris Polypody Polypodium vulgare Rusty-Back Fern Asplenium ceterach2025 Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2025 Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria2025 Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 11,062 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit +20
Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Goldcrest Regulus regulus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica Coal Tit Periparus ater Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Rook Corvus frugilegus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Redwing Turdus iliacus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Jay Garrulus glandarius Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Starling Sturnus vulgaris Dunnock Prunella modularis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Pine Marten
Elfin Saddle · Crimson Waxcap · Meadow Waxcap · Beige Coral · Yellow Club +7
Elfin Saddle Helvella lacunosa Crimson Waxcap Hygrocybe punicea Meadow Waxcap Cuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis Beige Coral Clavulinopsis umbrinella Yellow Club Clavulinopsis helvola Cap Cŵyr Gludiog Hygrocybe glutinipes Crazed Cap Navelwort · Polypody · Rusty-Back Fern · Hart's-Tongue · Wall-rue +1
Navelwort Umbilicus rupestris Polypody Polypodium vulgare Rusty-Back Fern Asplenium ceterach2025 Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2025 Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria2025 Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dermoloma cuneifolium
Dermoloma cuneifolium
Meadow Coral Clavulinopsis corniculata
Meadow Coral Clavulinopsis corniculata
Blackening Waxcap Hygrocybe conica
Blackening Waxcap Hygrocybe conica
Soapy Knight Tricholoma saponaceum var. saponaceum
Soapy Knight Tricholoma saponaceum var. saponaceum
Blusher Amanita rubescens var. rubescens
Blusher Amanita rubescens var. rubescens
Grisette Amanita vaginata
Grisette Amanita vaginata Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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