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Wee Cumbrae Castle

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55.72015, -4.94288

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shag and Herring Gull
✦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

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shag and Herring Gull
✦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

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shag, Herring Gull, Black Guillemot +77 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Shag, Herring Gull, Black Guillemot +77 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Abrothallus caerulescens, Rinodina occulta, Neoechinodiscus lesdainii · last seen 2019; Fungi — Abrothallus caerulescens, Rinodina occulta, Neoechinodiscus lesdainii · last seen 2019

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Peacock, Painted Lady, Green-veined White +5 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Peacock, Painted Lady, Green-veined White +5 more · last seen 2019

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — encrusting algae indet., Sea Beech, Dark red crusts +5 more · last seen 2020; Plants — encrusting algae indet., Sea Beech, Dark red crusts +5 more · last seen 2020

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ayrshire Coastal PathWalking route170 km

Long-distance hiking route. A designated 'Scotland's Great Trail'.

Named routeLength 170 kmNational walking route

West Island WayWalking route48 km

Named routeLength 48 kmNational walking route

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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Bute Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Fairlie to Seamill Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,979 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,979 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

summerautumn

2025

Shag · Herring Gull · Gannet · Red-throated Diver · Stonechat +38

ShagGulosus aristotelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GannetMorus bassanus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
EiderSomateria mollissima
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RavenCorvus corax
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
MagpiePica pica
Common GullLarus canus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
NuthatchSitta europaea
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Great TitParus major2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
SwiftApus apus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
GreenshankTringa nebularia2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2023

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,979 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

summerautumn

2025

Shag · Herring Gull · Gannet · Red-throated Diver · Stonechat +38

ShagGulosus aristotelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GannetMorus bassanus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
EiderSomateria mollissima
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RavenCorvus corax
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
MagpiePica pica
Common GullLarus canus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
NuthatchSitta europaea
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Great TitParus major2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
SwiftApus apus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
GreenshankTringa nebularia2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2023

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Eddie Dowds · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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⛪Cumbrae Parish ChurchReligious grounds4 km→✦Portencross CastleHistoric site3.3 km→⛪Our Lady of Perpetual SuccourReligious grounds4 km→✦Hunterston HouseHistoric site4 km→✦Hunterston CastleHistoric site4 km→⛪Episcopal Cathedral and CollegeReligious grounds4.1 km→

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