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Waterloo Monument

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

54.97394, -3.63814

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Little Egret, Cormorant, Mallard +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Little Egret, Cormorant, Mallard +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +9 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +9 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Little Shaggy-moss, Waved Silk-moss · last seen 2025; Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Little Shaggy-moss, Waved Silk-moss · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

National Byway (SW Scotland)Cycling route

National Byway in the Solway Firth area

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 7Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route549 m

Named routeRef 7Length 549 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route7.9 km

Named routeRef 7Length 7.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lochbank LoopMountain bike route

Named route

Phoenix TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

7,711 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,711 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

wintersummer

2026

Robin · Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon · Wren · Moorhen +49

RobinErithacus rubecula
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
TealAnas crecca
DunnockPrunella modularis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SiskinSpinus spinus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RookCorvus frugilegus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Otter

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Hawker · Four-spotted Chaser +2

Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Dark Giant Horsefly

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,711 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

wintersummer

2026

Robin · Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon · Wren · Moorhen +49

RobinErithacus rubecula
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
TealAnas crecca
DunnockPrunella modularis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SiskinSpinus spinus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RookCorvus frugilegus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Otter

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Hawker · Four-spotted Chaser +2

Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Dark Giant Horsefly

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rab McMurdo · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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