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.