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Bail a' Chairn Broch

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58.44686, -3.32399

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling 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

🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling 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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Starling, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +47 more · last seen 2014; Birds — Starling, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +47 more · last seen 2014

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Oak Eggar, Small Tortoiseshell · last seen 2015; Insects — Oak Eggar, Small Tortoiseshell · last seen 2015

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (John o' Groats)Mountain bike route223.7 km

Named routeLength 223.7 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

564 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

564 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Plants133 species

summer

2019

Creeping Thistle · Common Sedge · Early Hair-grass · Common Bent · Sheep's Fescue agg. +128

Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Common SedgeCarex nigra
Early Hair-grassAira praecox
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
White CloverTrifolium repens
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Greater PlantainPlantago major
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
CleaversGalium aparine
Mat-grassNardus stricta
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
DandelionTaraxacum
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata
DaisyBellis perennis
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Common NettleUrtica dioica
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
EyebrightEuphrasia
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Star SedgeCarex echinata
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Northern BedstrawGalium boreale
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Luzula multiflora subsp. congestaLuzula multiflora subsp. congesta
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Common WhitebeamSorbus aria
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Marsh VioletViola palustris
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Agrostis caninaAgrostis canina
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile
Oval SedgeCarex leporina
Water MintMentha aquatica
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Eared WillowSalix aurita
HazelCorylus avellana
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
GorseUlex europaeus
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Bell HeatherErica cinerea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

564 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants133 species

summer

2019

Creeping Thistle · Common Sedge · Early Hair-grass · Common Bent · Sheep's Fescue agg. +128

Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Common SedgeCarex nigra
Early Hair-grassAira praecox
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
White CloverTrifolium repens
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Greater PlantainPlantago major
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
CleaversGalium aparine
Mat-grassNardus stricta
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
DandelionTaraxacum
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata
DaisyBellis perennis
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Common NettleUrtica dioica
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
EyebrightEuphrasia
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Star SedgeCarex echinata
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Northern BedstrawGalium boreale
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Luzula multiflora subsp. congestaLuzula multiflora subsp. congesta
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Common WhitebeamSorbus aria
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Marsh VioletViola palustris
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Agrostis caninaAgrostis canina
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile
Oval SedgeCarex leporina
Water MintMentha aquatica
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Eared WillowSalix aurita
HazelCorylus avellana
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
GorseUlex europaeus
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Bell HeatherErica cinerea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Gamble · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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