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Aultbea WWII Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Battery

📷 Gordon Brown · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 250m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 250m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Northern Diver, Herring Gull, Red-breasted Merganser +94 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Northern Diver, Herring Gull, Red-breasted Merganser +94 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Halesus radiatus, Limnephilus ignavus, Leuctra fusca +11 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Halesus radiatus, Limnephilus ignavus, Leuctra fusca +11 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Cryptopleura ramosa, Phyllophora crispa, Rhodophycota indet. (non-calc. crusts) +7 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Cryptopleura ramosa, Phyllophora crispa, Rhodophycota indet. (non-calc. crusts) +7 more · last seen 2021

Free

Wildlife to spot

2,043 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,043 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Great Northern Diver · Starling · Shag · Oystercatcher · Herring Gull +59

Great Northern DiverGavia immer
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ShagGulosus aristotelis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Rock DoveColumba livia
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
CurlewNumenius arquata
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RedshankTringa totanus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CuckooCuculus canorus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
RobinErithacus rubecula
Common GuillemotUria aalge
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Greylag GooseAnser anser
SwallowHirundo rustica
SiskinSpinus spinus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Common GullLarus canus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Common TernSterna hirundo
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GannetMorus bassanus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RavenCorvus corax
LinnetLinaria cannabina
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
RazorbillAlca torda
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2025

Water Shrew · Red Deer

Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
Red DeerCervus elaphus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

Vine Weevil · 10-spot Ladybird

Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,043 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Great Northern Diver · Starling · Shag · Oystercatcher · Herring Gull +59

Great Northern DiverGavia immer
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ShagGulosus aristotelis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Rock DoveColumba livia
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
CurlewNumenius arquata
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RedshankTringa totanus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CuckooCuculus canorus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
RobinErithacus rubecula
Common GuillemotUria aalge
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Greylag GooseAnser anser
SwallowHirundo rustica
SiskinSpinus spinus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Common GullLarus canus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Common TernSterna hirundo
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GannetMorus bassanus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RavenCorvus corax
LinnetLinaria cannabina
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
RazorbillAlca torda
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2025

Water Shrew · Red Deer

Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
Red DeerCervus elaphus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

Vine Weevil · 10-spot Ladybird

Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Gordon Brown · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WWII gun emplacement at Aultbea

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