Brae Brough promontory fort
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58.90758, -3.41596
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
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🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Fulmar, Gannet, Great Skua +29 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Fulmar, Gannet, Great Skua +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — encrusting algae indet., Alpine Bearberry, Sea Beech +161 more · last seen 2025; Plants — encrusting algae indet., Alpine Bearberry, Sea Beech +161 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Sea Beech, Common Sorrel, Rowan +13 more foraging species
Varies
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Mollisia fuscoparaphysata, Willow Tarspot, Birch Jelly · last seen 2017; Fungi — Mollisia fuscoparaphysata, Willow Tarspot, Birch Jelly · last seen 2017
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Old Man of Hoy Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref RW 50 Local walking route
Show on map Photos Bre Brough, Hoy from the sea
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Wildlife to spot
1,957 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,957 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 28 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Fulmar · Gannet · Common Guillemot · Great Skua · Shag +23
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Gannet Morus bassanus Common Guillemot Uria aalge Great Skua Stercorarius skua Shag Gulosus aristotelis Puffin Fratercula arctica Razorbill Alca torda Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Eider Somateria mollissima2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Little Auk Alle alle Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2024 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus2022 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2022 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2022 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2022 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus2022 Twite Linaria flavirostris2020 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2020 Grey Seal · Mountain Hare
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus Mountain Hare Lepus timidus Common Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2023 🌿 Plants 21 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Butterwort · Alpine Bearberry · Juniper · Dwarf Juniper · Lesser Twayblade +16
Common Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris Alpine Bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus Juniper Juniperus communis Dwarf Juniper Juniperus communis subsp. nana2023 Lesser Twayblade Neottia cordata2023 Wilson's Filmy-fern Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,957 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 28 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Fulmar · Gannet · Common Guillemot · Great Skua · Shag +23
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Gannet Morus bassanus Common Guillemot Uria aalge Great Skua Stercorarius skua Shag Gulosus aristotelis Puffin Fratercula arctica Razorbill Alca torda Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Eider Somateria mollissima2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Little Auk Alle alle Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2024 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus2022 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2022 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2022 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2022 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus2022 Twite Linaria flavirostris2020 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2020 Grey Seal · Mountain Hare
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus Mountain Hare Lepus timidus Common Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2023 🌿 Plants 21 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Butterwort · Alpine Bearberry · Juniper · Dwarf Juniper · Lesser Twayblade +16
Common Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris Alpine Bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus Juniper Juniperus communis Dwarf Juniper Juniperus communis subsp. nana2023 Lesser Twayblade Neottia cordata2023 Wilson's Filmy-fern Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hymenophyllum wilsonii2022
Hymenophyllum wilsonii2022
Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia
Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia
Goldenrod Solidago virgaurea
Goldenrod Solidago virgaurea
Fir Clubmoss Huperzia selago
Fir Clubmoss Huperzia selago
Heath Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata
Heath Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata
Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium2023
Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium2023
Hare's-tail Cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum2023
Hare's-tail Cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum2023
Trichophorum germanicum Trichophorum germanicum2023
Trichophorum germanicum Trichophorum germanicum2023
Heather Calluna vulgaris2023
Heather Calluna vulgaris2023
Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus2023
Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus2023
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2023
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2023
Downy Birch Betula pubescens2023
Downy Birch Betula pubescens2023
Dark red crusts Rhodophyta2021
Dark red crusts Rhodophyta2021
encrusting algae indet. encrusting algae indet.2021
encrusting algae indet. encrusting algae indet.2021
Forcipated Pincerwort Cephalozia connivens2020
Forcipated Pincerwort Cephalozia connivens2020
Compressed Flapwort Nardia compressa2020
Compressed Flapwort Nardia compressa2020 