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Wester Craigend, dun site

📷 Chris Wimbush · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

56.09248, -3.98201

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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· Free

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Goldeneye, Redwing, Fieldfare +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Goldeneye, Redwing, Fieldfare +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Viper's-bugloss, Heath Speedwell, Brooklime +22 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Viper's-bugloss, Heath Speedwell, Brooklime +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Mesembrina meridiana, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Mesembrina meridiana, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Wood-sorrel, Hawthorn, Amphibious Bistort

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Route 765Cycling route

Named routeRef 765National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 76Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route75 m

Named routeRef 76Length 75 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route617 m

Named routeRef 76Length 617 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route333 m

Named routeRef 76Length 333 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,306 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,306 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2026

Redwing · Goldeneye · Fieldfare · Robin · Blue Tit +35

RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumnwinter

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten · Badger

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pine MartenMartes martes
BadgerMeles meles

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springautumn

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Mesembrina meridiana

Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana

🌿

Plants2 species

autumn

2025

Heath Speedwell · Brooklime

Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,306 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2026

Redwing · Goldeneye · Fieldfare · Robin · Blue Tit +35

RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumnwinter

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten · Badger

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pine MartenMartes martes
BadgerMeles meles

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springautumn

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Mesembrina meridiana

Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana

🌿

Plants2 species

autumn

2025

Heath Speedwell · Brooklime

Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Wimbush · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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