Windy Edge Long Cairn 0 ha
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Dogs welcome 0 ha
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55.14624, -2.89610
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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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
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🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Willow Warbler +36 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Willow Warbler +36 more · last seen 2025
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🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cranberry, Climbing Corydalis, Rosebay Willowherb +121 more · last seen 2016; Plants — Cranberry, Climbing Corydalis, Rosebay Willowherb +121 more · last seen 2016
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Bifid Hemp-nettle, Raspberry +10 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (SW Scotland) Cycling route ▾
National Byway in the Solway Firth area
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
491 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 491 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Willow Warbler · Wren · Chaffinch · Robin · Coal Tit +30
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Robin Erithacus rubecula Coal Tit Periparus ater Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Siskin Spinus spinus Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Blackbird Turdus merula Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2024 Great Tit Parus major Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Greylag Goose Anser anser Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix2022 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2019 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2019 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2023 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2022 Linnet Linaria cannabina2019 Skylark Alauda arvensis2013 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2013 Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Badger
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2021 Badger Meles meles Climbing Corydalis · Hart's-Tongue · Devil's-bit Scabious · Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Rosebay Willowherb +4
Climbing Corydalis Ceratocapnos claviculata Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 491 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Willow Warbler · Wren · Chaffinch · Robin · Coal Tit +30
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Robin Erithacus rubecula Coal Tit Periparus ater Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Siskin Spinus spinus Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Blackbird Turdus merula Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2024 Great Tit Parus major Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Greylag Goose Anser anser Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix2022 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2019 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2019 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2023 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2022 Linnet Linaria cannabina2019 Skylark Alauda arvensis2013 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2013 Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Badger
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2021 Badger Meles meles Climbing Corydalis · Hart's-Tongue · Devil's-bit Scabious · Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Rosebay Willowherb +4
Climbing Corydalis Ceratocapnos claviculata Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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