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Getting here
58.31802, -3.24254
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hooded Crow and Starling
- ✦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
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hooded Crow and Starling
- ✦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, Starling, Rock Dove +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Hooded Crow, Starling, Rock Dove +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Silver Y, Clouded-bordered Brindle, Beautiful Golden Y +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cuckooflower, Heath Bedstraw, Meadow Buttercup +157 more · last seen 2017
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Xanthoria aureola, Crab's Eye Lichen · last seen 2021
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John O'Groats Trail (Lybster to Whaligoe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG11Local walking route
John O'Groats Trail (Whaligoe to Wick)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG12Local walking route
John O'Groats Trail (Dunbeath to Lybster)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG10Local walking route
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Track to the broch at Bardintulloch
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Wildlife to spot
739 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
739 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHooded Crow · Kittiwake · Rock Dove · Herring Gull · Starling +23
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- PuffinFratercula arctica2024
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
- RazorbillAlca torda2023
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2023
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- SwiftApus apus2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2018
- Common GullLarus canus2018
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2018
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2018
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects6 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Corticaria · Perapion violaceum · Eristalinus aeneus · St Marks Fly · Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary +1
- CorticariaCorticaria
- Perapion violaceumPerapion violaceum
- Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus2025
- St Marks FlyBibio marci2023
- Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2018
Xanthoria aureola · Crab's Eye Lichen
- Xanthoria aureolaXanthoria aureola
- Crab's Eye LichenOchrolechia parella
White Clover · Smooth Sow-thistle · Marsh-marigold · Annual Meadow-grass · Poa pratensis +120
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Poa pratensisPoa pratensis
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
739 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHooded Crow · Kittiwake · Rock Dove · Herring Gull · Starling +23
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- PuffinFratercula arctica2024
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
- RazorbillAlca torda2023
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2023
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- SwiftApus apus2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2018
- Common GullLarus canus2018
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2018
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2018
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects6 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Corticaria · Perapion violaceum · Eristalinus aeneus · St Marks Fly · Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary +1
- CorticariaCorticaria
- Perapion violaceumPerapion violaceum
- Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus2025
- St Marks FlyBibio marci2023
- Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2018
Xanthoria aureola · Crab's Eye Lichen
- Xanthoria aureolaXanthoria aureola
- Crab's Eye LichenOchrolechia parella
White Clover · Smooth Sow-thistle · Marsh-marigold · Annual Meadow-grass · Poa pratensis +120
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Poa pratensisPoa pratensis
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas