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Getting here
58.42818, -3.46413
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Meadow Pipit
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Meadow Pipit
- 🍄Mushroom 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Dipper, Meadow Pipit, Skylark +35 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Dipper, Meadow Pipit, Skylark +35 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Sepia Pinkgill, Poisonpie, Moor Club +9 more · last seen 2016
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Heather, Marsh Thistle, Curled Dock +86 more · last seen 2014
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Drinker, Square-spot Rustic, Common Blue +14 more · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (John o' Groats)Mountain bike route223.7 km▾
Named routeLength 223.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
592 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
592 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDipper · Grey Wagtail · Ringed Plover · House Sparrow · Common Sandpiper +21
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
- MerlinFalco columbarius2018
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2018
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects5 species
springsummer
2019▾
Drinker · Vapourer · Painted Lady · Common Blue · Meadow Brown
- DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2018
- VapourerOrgyia antiqua2015
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
Sepia Pinkgill · Poisonpie · Moor Club · Ramsbottomia macracantha · Galerina mniophila +3
- Sepia PinkgillEntoloma jubatum
- PoisonpieHebeloma crustuliniforme s. lat.
- Moor ClubClavaria argillacea
- Ramsbottomia macracanthaRamsbottomia macracantha
- Galerina mniophilaGalerina mniophila
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica
- Darkscaled Pinkgill
Bulrush · Bell Heather · Heather · Marsh Thistle · Creeping Bent +143
- BulrushTypha latifolia
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
592 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDipper · Grey Wagtail · Ringed Plover · House Sparrow · Common Sandpiper +21
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
- MerlinFalco columbarius2018
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2018
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects5 species
springsummer
2019▾
Drinker · Vapourer · Painted Lady · Common Blue · Meadow Brown
- DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2018
- VapourerOrgyia antiqua2015
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
Sepia Pinkgill · Poisonpie · Moor Club · Ramsbottomia macracantha · Galerina mniophila +3
- Sepia PinkgillEntoloma jubatum
- PoisonpieHebeloma crustuliniforme s. lat.
- Moor ClubClavaria argillacea
- Ramsbottomia macracanthaRamsbottomia macracantha
- Galerina mniophilaGalerina mniophila
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica
- Darkscaled Pinkgill
Bulrush · Bell Heather · Heather · Marsh Thistle · Creeping Bent +143
- BulrushTypha latifolia
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Entoloma fuscotomentosum
Entoloma fuscotomentosum
Vermilion WaxcapHygrocybe miniataVermilion WaxcapHygrocybe miniataYellow IrisIris pseudacorusYellow IrisIris pseudacorusGreen-ribbed SedgeCarex binervisGreen-ribbed SedgeCarex binervisHeath RushJuncus squarrosusHeath RushJuncus squarrosusBlinksMontia fontanaBlinksMontia fontanaMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreGoldenrodSolidago virgaureaGoldenrodSolidago virgaureaAmerican WillowherbEpilobium ciliatumAmerican WillowherbEpilobium ciliatumFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFairy FlaxLinum catharticumFairy FlaxLinum catharticumWater HorsetailEquisetum fluviatileWater HorsetailEquisetum fluviatileSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensSagina apetalaSagina apetalaSagina apetalaSagina apetalaCommon CottongrassEriophorum angustifoliumCommon CottongrassEriophorum angustifoliumBog StitchwortStellaria alsineBog StitchwortStellaria alsineWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiMarsh VioletViola palustrisMarsh VioletViola palustrisPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaBrown BentAgrostis vinealisBrown BentAgrostis vinealisBottle SedgeCarex rostrataBottle SedgeCarex rostrataan EyebrightEuphrasia arcticaan EyebrightEuphrasia arcticaCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCreeping WillowSalix repensCreeping WillowSalix repensFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraMarsh RagwortJacobaea aquaticaMarsh RagwortJacobaea aquaticaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaTrichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicumMarsh HorsetailEquisetum palustreMarsh HorsetailEquisetum palustreLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBilberryVaccinium myrtillusBilberryVaccinium myrtillusYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHeath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifoliaHeath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifoliaGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaJointed RushJuncus articulatusJointed RushJuncus articulatusCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineSlender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrumSlender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrumCommon ButterwortPinguicula vulgarisCommon ButterwortPinguicula vulgarisSheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovinaSheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovinaSneezewortAchillea ptarmicaSneezewortAchillea ptarmicaBulbous RushJuncus bulbosusBulbous RushJuncus bulbosusGarden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollisGarden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollisProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensEyebrightEuphrasiaEyebrightEuphrasiaBranched Bur-reedSparganium erectumBranched Bur-reedSparganium erectumCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusHeath SpeedwellVeronica officinalisHeath SpeedwellVeronica officinalisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususToad Rush agg.Juncus bufoniusToad Rush agg.Juncus bufoniusSheep's SorrelRumex acetosellaSheep's SorrelRumex acetosellaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaMarsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellataMarsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellataCommon DuckweedLemna minorCommon DuckweedLemna minorCommon Slender EyebrightEuphrasia micranthaCommon Slender EyebrightEuphrasia micranthaHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileMarsh WillowherbEpilobium palustreMarsh WillowherbEpilobium palustreGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaCommon SedgeCarex nigraCommon SedgeCarex nigraField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisBog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifoliusBog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifoliusWhite SedgeCarex canescensWhite SedgeCarex canescensMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseRound-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifoliaRound-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifoliaPhleum pratensePhleum pratensePhleum pratensePhleum pratenseLong-Stalked Yellow SedgeCarex lepidocarpaLong-Stalked Yellow SedgeCarex lepidocarpaCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisWavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosaWavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosaCommon Spike-rushEleocharis palustrisCommon Spike-rushEleocharis palustrisLuzula multiflora subsp. congestaLuzula multiflora subsp. congestaLuzula multiflora subsp. congestaLuzula multiflora subsp. congestaYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaCrowberry agg.Empetrum nigrumCrowberry agg.Empetrum nigrumCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisPoa pratensisPoa pratensisPoa pratensisPoa pratensisOval SedgeCarex leporinaOval SedgeCarex leporinaMarsh LousewortPedicularis palustrisMarsh LousewortPedicularis palustrisStag's-horn ClubmossLycopodium clavatumStag's-horn ClubmossLycopodium clavatumCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumLady-fernAthyrium filix-feminaLady-fernAthyrium filix-feminaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaEared WillowSalix auritaEared WillowSalix auritaCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaFir ClubmossHuperzia selagoFir ClubmossHuperzia selagoYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorMat-grassNardus strictaMat-grassNardus strictaCross-leaved HeathErica tetralixCross-leaved HeathErica tetralixGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusSlender Parsley-piertAphanes australisSlender Parsley-piertAphanes australisCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaBog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragumBog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragumTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusDowny BirchBetula pubescensDowny BirchBetula pubescensPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumHard-fernBlechnum spicantHard-fernBlechnum spicantWater-StarwortCallitricheWater-StarwortCallitricheCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaTormentilPotentilla erectaTormentilPotentilla erectaStar SedgeCarex echinataStar SedgeCarex echinataHawkweedHieraciumHawkweedHieraciumGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysTufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxaTufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxaSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusLemon-scented FernOreopteris limbospermaLemon-scented FernOreopteris limbospermaMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumMare's-tailHippuris vulgarisMare's-tailHippuris vulgaris