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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

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🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Rock Dove, Curlew, Hooded Crow +41 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Rock Dove, Curlew, Hooded Crow +41 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Lesser Celandine, Common Scurvygrass, Common Dog-violet +103 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Lesser Celandine, Common Scurvygrass, Common Dog-violet +103 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Atriplex prostrata, Elder +7 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Moss Carder Bee, Broad Damselbug, Cuckoo-Spit Insect +5 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Moss Carder Bee, Broad Damselbug, Cuckoo-Spit Insect +5 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Orkney Prehistory Loop RideCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

599 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

599 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

summer

2024

Rock Dove · Curlew · Hooded Crow · Eider · Cormorant +39

Rock DoveColumba livia2021
CurlewNumenius arquata
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
EiderSomateria mollissima
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Common GullLarus canus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SwallowHirundo rustica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2019
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ShagGulosus aristotelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2022
Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2022
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2019
GreenfinchChloris chloris2019
GannetMorus bassanus2019
House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
LinnetLinaria cannabina2019
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2019
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2019
RedshankTringa totanus2019
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2016
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2015

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2021

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects8 species

summerautumn

2024

Moss Carder Bee · Broad Damselbug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Eristalis pertinax · Large Red Damselfly +3

Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum2017
Broad DamselbugNabis (Nabicula) flavomarginatus
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2017
Dasineura ulmariaDasineura ulmaria2015
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2015

🌿

Plants106 species

summer

2025

Lesser Celandine · Common Scurvygrass · Common Dog-violet · Primrose · Marsh-marigold +101

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Mountain EverlastingAntennaria dioica
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
Monkeyflower SpeciesErythranthe2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Nootka LupinLupinus nootkatensis2022
Ramping FumitoryFumaria capreolata subsp. babingtonii2017
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis2013
Rumex crispus subsp. littoreusRumex crispus subsp. littoreus2013
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris2013
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2013
Atriplex prostrataAtriplex prostrata2013
ElderSambucus nigra2013
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2013
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2013
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2013
Common ChickweedStellaria media2013
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2013
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2013
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2013
an EyebrightEuphrasia arctica2013
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2013
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2013
Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2013
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2013
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2013
Saltmarsh RushJuncus gerardii2013
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2013
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2013
Early Hair-grassAira praecox2013
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2013
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2013
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2013
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2013
Viviparous Sheep's-fescueFestuca vivipara2013
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2013
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2013
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2013
Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2013
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2013
Common CouchElymus repens2013
Common SedgeCarex nigra2013
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2013
Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus2013
Sea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima2013
Greater Sea-spurreySpergularia media2013
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2013
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2013
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2013
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2013
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2013
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2013
DaisyBellis perennis2013
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2013
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2013
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2013
ThriftArmeria maritima2013
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2013
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2013
Common Slender EyebrightEuphrasia micrantha2013
Common Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia maritima2013
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2013
Northern KnotgrassPolygonum boreale2013
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2013
Lesser MarshwortHelosciadium inundatum2013
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2013
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2013
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2013
Knotted PearlwortSagina nodosa2013
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2013
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2013
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2013
Creeping WillowSalix repens2013
Fine-leaved Sheep's-fescueFestuca filiformis2013
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2013
Little Kneeling EyebrightEuphrasia confusa2013
Northern Yellow-cressRorippa islandica2013
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2013
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2013
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2013
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2013
Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2013
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2013
Hybrid Water-CressNasturtium officinale x microphyllum = N. x sterile2013
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2013
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2013
Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2013
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2013
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2013
Brackish Water-crowfootRanunculus baudotii2013
Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua2013
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2013
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2013
Greater PlantainPlantago major2013
Red FescueFestuca rubra2013
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2013
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2013

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

599 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

summer

2024

Rock Dove · Curlew · Hooded Crow · Eider · Cormorant +39

Rock DoveColumba livia2021
CurlewNumenius arquata
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
EiderSomateria mollissima
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Common GullLarus canus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SwallowHirundo rustica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2019
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ShagGulosus aristotelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2022
Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2022
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2019
GreenfinchChloris chloris2019
GannetMorus bassanus2019
House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
LinnetLinaria cannabina2019
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2019
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2019
RedshankTringa totanus2019
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2016
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2015

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2021

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects8 species

summerautumn

2024

Moss Carder Bee · Broad Damselbug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Eristalis pertinax · Large Red Damselfly +3

Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum2017
Broad DamselbugNabis (Nabicula) flavomarginatus
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2017
Dasineura ulmariaDasineura ulmaria2015
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2015

🌿

Plants106 species

summer

2025

Lesser Celandine · Common Scurvygrass · Common Dog-violet · Primrose · Marsh-marigold +101

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Mountain EverlastingAntennaria dioica
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
Monkeyflower SpeciesErythranthe2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Nootka LupinLupinus nootkatensis2022
Ramping FumitoryFumaria capreolata subsp. babingtonii2017
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis2013
Rumex crispus subsp. littoreusRumex crispus subsp. littoreus2013
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris2013
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2013
Atriplex prostrataAtriplex prostrata2013
ElderSambucus nigra2013
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2013
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2013
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2013
Common ChickweedStellaria media2013
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2013
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2013
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2013
an EyebrightEuphrasia arctica2013
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2013
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2013
Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2013
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2013
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2013
Saltmarsh RushJuncus gerardii2013
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2013
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2013
Early Hair-grassAira praecox2013
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2013
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2013
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2013
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2013
Viviparous Sheep's-fescueFestuca vivipara2013
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2013
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2013
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2013
Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2013
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2013
Common CouchElymus repens2013
Common SedgeCarex nigra2013
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2013
Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus2013
Sea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima2013
Greater Sea-spurreySpergularia media2013
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2013
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2013
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2013
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2013
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2013
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2013
DaisyBellis perennis2013
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2013
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2013
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2013
ThriftArmeria maritima2013
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2013
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2013
Common Slender EyebrightEuphrasia micrantha2013
Common Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia maritima2013
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2013
Northern KnotgrassPolygonum boreale2013
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2013
Lesser MarshwortHelosciadium inundatum2013
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2013
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2013
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2013
Knotted PearlwortSagina nodosa2013
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2013
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2013
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2013
Creeping WillowSalix repens2013
Fine-leaved Sheep's-fescueFestuca filiformis2013
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2013
Little Kneeling EyebrightEuphrasia confusa2013
Northern Yellow-cressRorippa islandica2013
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2013
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2013
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2013
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2013
Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2013
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2013
Hybrid Water-CressNasturtium officinale x microphyllum = N. x sterile2013
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2013
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2013
Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2013
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2013
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2013
Brackish Water-crowfootRanunculus baudotii2013
Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua2013
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2013
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2013
Greater PlantainPlantago major2013
Red FescueFestuca rubra2013
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2013
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2013

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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