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Places › Northern Ireland › Antrim and Newtownabbey Getting here
54.74566, -5.95411
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▾ 🐦 54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird ✦ 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
🐦 54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird ✦ 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 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Great Tit +51 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Great Tit +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing +52 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ulster Way Walking route 1000 km ▾
A series of walking routes which encircles Northern Ireland.
Named route Length 1000 km Round trip National walking route
Show on map Ulster Way Link Sections Walking route 1000 km ▾
"The Ulster Way Link Sections are not waymarked and mainly on public roads some of which can be very busy. Walkers are actively encouraged to make use of public transport along these sections"
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Show on map Causeway Coast and Glens - 7 - Woodburn Forest Walking route 13 km ▾
Named route Length 13 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map The Raa Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
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Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network National Route 93 Extension Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 93 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,528 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,528 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 36 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Rook · Hooded Crow · Chaffinch · Starling · Wren +31
Rook Corvus frugilegus Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Swallow Hirundo rustica Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2022 Common Gull Larus canus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2022 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2022 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2022 Grey Squirrel · Mountain Hare · Brown Long-eared Bat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 Mountain Hare Lepus timidus2023 Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Cinnabar · White-headed Grass-miner · Yarrow Plume · Sericostoma personatum · 2-spot Ladybird +4
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae White-headed Grass-miner Elachista albifrontella2024 Yarrow Plume Gillmeria pallidactyla2024 Sericostoma personatum Sericostoma personatum2023 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2023 Water-dropwort Brown Depressaria daucella Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,528 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 36 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Rook · Hooded Crow · Chaffinch · Starling · Wren +31
Rook Corvus frugilegus Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Swallow Hirundo rustica Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2022 Common Gull Larus canus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2022 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2022 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2022 Grey Squirrel · Mountain Hare · Brown Long-eared Bat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 Mountain Hare Lepus timidus2023 Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Cinnabar · White-headed Grass-miner · Yarrow Plume · Sericostoma personatum · 2-spot Ladybird +4
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae White-headed Grass-miner Elachista albifrontella2024 Yarrow Plume Gillmeria pallidactyla2024 Sericostoma personatum Sericostoma personatum2023 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2023 Water-dropwort Brown Depressaria daucella Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Orange-spot Daisy Moth Dichrorampha alpinana2022
Orange-spot Daisy Moth Dichrorampha alpinana2022
Anasimyia contracta Anasimyia contracta2021
Anasimyia contracta Anasimyia contracta2021
Parhelophilus Parhelophilus2021
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