Ayresdale Broch aka West Broch of Burray
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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🍂 Seasonal
Dogs welcome
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58.87274, -2.89523
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Fulmar and Common Gull ✦ 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
🐦 76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Fulmar and Common Gull ✦ 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 — Fulmar, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Fulmar, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sea Campion, Sea Mayweed, Scots Lovage +37 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Sea Campion, Sea Mayweed, Scots Lovage +37 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Great Yellow Bumblebee, Black Marram Weevil, Scathophaga stercoraria +5 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Great Yellow Bumblebee, Black Marram Weevil, Scathophaga stercoraria +5 more · last seen 2023
Free
Plants — Hogweed, Water Mint, Frosted Orache
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
Show on map Photos Northfield Broch from the west
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Wildlife to spot
3,308 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,308 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Gull · Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull · Long-tailed Duck · Great Northern Diver +42
Common Gull Larus canus Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Eider Somateria mollissima Starling Sturnus vulgaris Herring Gull Larus argentatus Skylark Alauda arvensis Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Shag Gulosus aristotelis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Swallow Hirundo rustica Rock Dove Columba livia Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Great Skua Stercorarius skua Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2024 Curlew Numenius arquata Common Guillemot Uria aalge Sand Martin Riparia riparia Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2024 Gannet Morus bassanus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Common Tern Sterna hirundo Raven Corvus corax Greylag Goose Anser anser Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Gadwall Mareca strepera Blackbird Turdus merula Razorbill Alca torda Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2024 Little Auk Alle alle2024 Scots Lovage · Sea Sandwort · Meadow Vetchling · Sea Mayweed · Creeping Thistle +15
Scots Lovage Ligusticum scoticum Sea Sandwort Honckenya peploides Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Sea Mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium Sea Campion Silene uniflora Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,308 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Gull · Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull · Long-tailed Duck · Great Northern Diver +42
Common Gull Larus canus Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Eider Somateria mollissima Starling Sturnus vulgaris Herring Gull Larus argentatus Skylark Alauda arvensis Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Shag Gulosus aristotelis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Swallow Hirundo rustica Rock Dove Columba livia Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Great Skua Stercorarius skua Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2024 Curlew Numenius arquata Common Guillemot Uria aalge Sand Martin Riparia riparia Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2024 Gannet Morus bassanus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Common Tern Sterna hirundo Raven Corvus corax Greylag Goose Anser anser Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Gadwall Mareca strepera Blackbird Turdus merula Razorbill Alca torda Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2024 Little Auk Alle alle2024 Scots Lovage · Sea Sandwort · Meadow Vetchling · Sea Mayweed · Creeping Thistle +15
Scots Lovage Ligusticum scoticum Sea Sandwort Honckenya peploides Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Sea Mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium Sea Campion Silene uniflora Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Sea Plantain Plantago maritima2024
Sea Plantain Plantago maritima2024
Marsh Pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris
Marsh Pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris
Grass-of-Parnassus Parnassia palustris
Grass-of-Parnassus Parnassia palustris
Water Mint Mentha aquatica
Water Mint Mentha aquatica
Frosted Orache Atriplex laciniata
Frosted Orache Atriplex laciniata
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Northern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella
Northern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper
Thrift Armeria maritima
Thrift Armeria maritima
Wild-oat Avena fatua2024
Wild-oat Avena fatua2024
Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris2024
Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris2024
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2024
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2024
Kidney Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria2024
Kidney Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria2024 