United Kingdom Ramsar wetland
Silver Flowe
53 bird species recorded; the most in July.
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This month here
3 species in January.1 species in February.14 species in March.20 species in April.21 species in May.1 species in June.45 species in July.3 species in August.7 species in September.1 species in October.0 species in November.0 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
53 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 53Speciesrecorded more than once
- 18Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 417Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 271 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 3Raptors
- 1Waders
- 1Herons, ibises & grebes
- 41Songbirds
- 7Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 53 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Herons, ibises & grebes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Songbirds41 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Great titParus major
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Other birds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan6°/3°133 mm
- Feb6°/3°103 mm
- Mar7°/3°92 mm
- Apr10°/5°73 mm
- May13°/7°84 mm
- Jun15°/10°98 mm
- Jul17°/12°112 mm
- Aug17°/12°126 mm
- Sep15°/11°105 mm
- Oct12°/8°142 mm
- Nov9°/6°135 mm
- Dec7°/4°137 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Silver Flowe.
Protected area of peatland in southern Scotland
Silver Flowe is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in United Kingdom, 271 m above the sea.
53 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 417 open records.
The most recorded are the Black Grouse, the Tree Pipit and the Common Grasshopper Warbler.
16 species come for the summer, 2 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in July.
Get there and watch
- Newton Stewartnearest town · 18 km in a straight line
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 44 km in a straight lineCar hire at PIK airport (Prestwick, South Ayrshire)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1marked trails within 4 kmSouthern Upland Way (Section A - Portpatrick to Melrose)
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Silver Flowe.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas30 mountains within 25 kmMullwharchar692 m · 3.9 kmMerrick843 m · 4.8 kmCorserine814 m · 5.0 kmKirriereoch Hill787 m · 6.2 kmLamachan Hill717 m · 6.8 kmShalloch on Minnoch775 m · 9.7 kmCairnsmore of Fleet711 m · 16 kmCairnsmore of Carsphairn797 m · 20 km
Lakeyas13 lakes within 15 kmLoch Neldricken0.2 km² · 2.1 kmLoch Valley0.3 km² · 2.6 kmLoch Enoch0.3 km² · 3.1 kmLoch Dee0.9 km² · 4.2 kmLoch Dungeon0.3 km² · 6.1 kmLoch Trool0.5 km² · 7.0 kmLoch Macaterick0.4 km² · 8.6 kmClatteringshaws Loch3.3 km² · 9.7 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmGalloway Forest ParkBortle 3 · 1.5 km↗Scottish Dark Sky ObservatoryBortle 3 · 19 km
Cascadyas14 waterfalls within 15 kmBuchan Waterfall · 5.7 kmGrey Mare's Tail · 11 kmHespies Linn · 11 kmFoot Loup · 11 kmBuck Loup · 11 kmClugie Linn · 12 kmLady's Linn · 13 kmBucks Linn · 14 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Silver Flowe
United Kingdom
- 39Birdyas Score
- 53Species
- 18Migrants
- 0Threatened
Calf of Man Bird Observatory
Isle of Man · 121 km
- 79Birdyas Score
- 180Species
- 98Migrants
- 7Threatened
Gladhouse Reservoir
United Kingdom · 109 km
- 69Birdyas Score
- 167Species
- 63Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q65045129) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 417 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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