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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.30486, -3.34597
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hooded Crow and Jackdaw
- ✦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
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hooded Crow and Jackdaw
- ✦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 — Hooded Crow, Jackdaw, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Hooded Crow, Jackdaw, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Geomyza tripunctata, Eupteryx aurata, Spider Weevil +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John O'Groats Trail (Lybster to Whaligoe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG11Local walking route
John O'Groats Trail (Dunbeath to Lybster)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG10Local walking route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
48,626 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
48,626 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHooded Crow · Jackdaw · Robin · Blackbird · Rock Dove +26
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Common GullLarus canus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
- TealAnas crecca
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Red Deer · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Rabbit
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects18 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Eupteryx aurata · Strawberry-root Weevil · Nephus redtenbacheri · Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus · Cacopsylla +13
- Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025
- Strawberry-root WeevilOtiorhynchus ovatus
- Nephus redtenbacheriNephus redtenbacheri
- Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus
- CacopsyllaCacopsylla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
48,626 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHooded Crow · Jackdaw · Robin · Blackbird · Rock Dove +26
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Common GullLarus canus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
- TealAnas crecca
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Red Deer · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Rabbit
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects18 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Eupteryx aurata · Strawberry-root Weevil · Nephus redtenbacheri · Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus · Cacopsylla +13
- Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025
- Strawberry-root WeevilOtiorhynchus ovatus
- Nephus redtenbacheriNephus redtenbacheri
- Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus
- CacopsyllaCacopsylla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lygus wagneri
Lygus wagneri
Lygus wagneri
Lygus wagneri
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