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Getting here
58.53955, -4.20445
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Shag
- ✦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
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Shag
- ✦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 — Herring Gull, Shag, Oystercatcher +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Shag, Oystercatcher +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Bombus lucorum +102 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Ribwort Plantain, Lady's Bedstraw +64 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust, Microdiplodia narthecii, Thistle Rust +4 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,458 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,458 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Shag · Swallow · Sand Martin · Robin · Herring Gull +48
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GannetMorus bassanus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Bean GooseAnser fabalis/serrirostris
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- DunlinCalidris alpina2024
- PuffinFratercula arctica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
Common Dolphin
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
🐝Insects37 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Bumblebee · Bombus lucorum · Common Carder Bee · Moss Carder Bee · Gypsy Cuckoo Bee +32
- BumblebeeBombus2023
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum2024
- Gypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus
Microdiplodia narthecii
- Microdiplodia nartheciiMicrodiplodia narthecii
Common Restharrow
- Common RestharrowOnonis repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,458 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Shag · Swallow · Sand Martin · Robin · Herring Gull +48
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GannetMorus bassanus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Bean GooseAnser fabalis/serrirostris
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- DunlinCalidris alpina2024
- PuffinFratercula arctica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
Common Dolphin
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
🐝Insects37 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Bumblebee · Bombus lucorum · Common Carder Bee · Moss Carder Bee · Gypsy Cuckoo Bee +32
- BumblebeeBombus2023
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum2024
- Gypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus
Microdiplodia narthecii
- Microdiplodia nartheciiMicrodiplodia narthecii
Common Restharrow
- Common RestharrowOnonis repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorumEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumNeomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina2024Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina2024Suillia atricornisSuillia atricornis2024Suillia atricornisSuillia atricornis2024Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2024Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2024Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus2023Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus2023Testaceous SawyerPristiphora testaceaTestaceous SawyerPristiphora testaceaHeather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctusHeather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctusBlunt Tailed Digger WaspCrossocerus dimidiatusBlunt Tailed Digger WaspCrossocerus dimidiatusRed WaspVespula rufaRed WaspVespula rufaSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusFork-tailed Flower BeeAnthophora furcataFork-tailed Flower BeeAnthophora furcataPapillose NematineEuura papillosaPapillose NematineEuura papillosaTwin-spotted CarverRhogogaster punctulataTwin-spotted CarverRhogogaster punctulataOrange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoaOrange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoaEmpis trigrammaEmpis trigrammaEmpis trigrammaEmpis trigrammaWhite-sided CleaverAglaostigma fulvipesWhite-sided CleaverAglaostigma fulvipesBilberry BumblebeeBombus monticolaBilberry BumblebeeBombus monticolaClarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkellaClarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkellaTachina ursinaTachina ursinaTachina ursinaTachina ursinaHeteropelma amictumHeteropelma amictum2024Heteropelma amictumHeteropelma amictum2024Philophylla caesioPhilophylla caesio2024Philophylla caesioPhilophylla caesio2024MegachileMegachile2024MegachileMegachile2024Painted Mining BeeAndrena fucata2024Painted Mining BeeAndrena fucata2024Euleia heracleiEuleia heraclei2024Euleia heracleiEuleia heraclei2024Cryptic BumblebeeBombus cryptarum2024Cryptic BumblebeeBombus cryptarum2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Northern Mining BeeAndrena ruficrus2024Northern Mining BeeAndrena ruficrus2024Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2024Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2023Black DarterSympetrum danae2023Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2023Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2022Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2022