With its woodland, grassland and wetland areas, this reserve hosts small mammals, amphibians and songbirds, which attract birds of prey and other predators. A network of water-filled channels and two large ponds provide an ideal habitat for amphibians, dragonflies and damselflies.
Why visit?
Highlights include:
- Native woodland regeneration project
- Farmland birds and birds of prey
- Foxes, roe deer and bats
- Reptiles and amphibians
Best time to visit?
- Spring for adders and amphibians
- Summer for insects
- Autumn/winter for flocks of birds
- All year for mammals
Visit for:
- birdwatching
- woodlands
- grasslands
- mammals
- wetland
- pond
Other information
There is a 3-mile level path within the reserve.
Shewalton Wood is one of the Irvine Greenspaces.
You can find out more about Shewalton Wood in episode four of our Words of the Wild podcast series.