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Benston Broch

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📷 Mike Pennington · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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60.26755, -1.15696

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦102+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Mallard
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦102+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Mallard
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CampsiteParking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Tufted Duck, Mallard, Wigeon +99 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Tufted Duck, Mallard, Wigeon +99 more · last seen 2025

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 — Red Admiral, Common Blue Damselfly, Painted Lady +3 more · last seen 2020; Insects — Red Admiral, Common Blue Damselfly, Painted Lady +3 more · last seen 2020

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Rough Earwort · last seen 2020; Plants — Rough Earwort · last seen 2020

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Sandwater LochWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

LingnessWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Skellister BeachWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 10Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Route A970Cycling route

Named routeRef A970Point-to-pointLocal cycle route

Route B9075Cycling route

Named routeRef B9075Point-to-pointLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,873 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,873 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Redshank · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Greylag Goose · Mallard +57

RedshankTringa totanus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
WigeonMareca penelope
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
ShagGulosus aristotelis
TealAnas crecca2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common GullLarus canus
Shetland WrenTroglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RazorbillAlca torda
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2024
Pallas's Grasshopper WarblerHelopsaltes certhiola2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Mealy RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
PuffinFratercula arctica2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023

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Mammals3 species

wintersummerautumn

2024

Harbour Seal · Common Porpoise · Seals

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
SealsPinnipedia2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,873 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Redshank · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Greylag Goose · Mallard +57

RedshankTringa totanus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
WigeonMareca penelope
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
ShagGulosus aristotelis
TealAnas crecca2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common GullLarus canus
Shetland WrenTroglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RazorbillAlca torda
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2024
Pallas's Grasshopper WarblerHelopsaltes certhiola2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Mealy RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
PuffinFratercula arctica2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

wintersummerautumn

2024

Harbour Seal · Common Porpoise · Seals

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
SealsPinnipedia2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Mike Pennington · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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