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▾ 🐦 57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black Guillemot and Starling ✦ 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
🐦 57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black Guillemot and Starling ✦ 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 — Black Guillemot, Starling, Shag +54 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Black Guillemot, Starling, Shag +54 more · last seen 2025
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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
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🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — an Eyebright, Stag's-horn Clubmoss, Euphrasia micrantha x scottica = E. x electa +145 more · last seen 2016; Plants — an Eyebright, Stag's-horn Clubmoss, Euphrasia micrantha x scottica = E. x electa +145 more · last seen 2016
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Plants — Autumn Hawkbit, Common Sorrel, Wild Thyme +4 more foraging species
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🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Seabird Bluebottle, Moss Carder Bee · last seen 2014; Insects — Seabird Bluebottle, Moss Carder Bee · last seen 2014
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Papil Water Walking route ▾
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Show on map Haltlands - Finnigarth - Northdale Walking route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
979 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 979 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Black Guillemot · Starling · Shag · Gannet · Great Skua +43
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Shag Gulosus aristotelis Gannet Morus bassanus Great Skua Stercorarius skua2023 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2023 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Greylag Goose Anser anser2021 Common Gull Larus canus2022 Turnstone Arenaria interpres Curlew Numenius arquata2023 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2023 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2023 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2022 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2022 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2021 Skylark Alauda arvensis2021 Redshank Tringa totanus2021 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2021 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2021 Dunlin Calidris alpina2021 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2022 Raven Corvus corax2021 Common Guillemot Uria aalge2021 Rock Dove Columba livia2021 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2021 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2021 Twite Linaria flavirostris2019 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2019 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2017 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus2016 Greenland Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2022 Puffin Fratercula arctica2021 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2021 Shetland Wren Troglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus2021 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2021 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis2017 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2016 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus2016 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis2016 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2016 Harbour Seal · Otter
Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina Otter Lutra lutra Stag's-horn Clubmoss · Marsh-bedstraw · Bulbous Rush · Moonwort · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +19
Stag's-horn Clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum Marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre2015 Bulbous Rush Juncus bulbosus2015 Moonwort Botrychium lunaria2015 Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2015 Spreading Meadow-grass Poa humilis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 979 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Black Guillemot · Starling · Shag · Gannet · Great Skua +43
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Shag Gulosus aristotelis Gannet Morus bassanus Great Skua Stercorarius skua2023 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2023 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Greylag Goose Anser anser2021 Common Gull Larus canus2022 Turnstone Arenaria interpres Curlew Numenius arquata2023 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2023 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2023 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2022 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2022 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2021 Skylark Alauda arvensis2021 Redshank Tringa totanus2021 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2021 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2021 Dunlin Calidris alpina2021 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2022 Raven Corvus corax2021 Common Guillemot Uria aalge2021 Rock Dove Columba livia2021 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2021 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2021 Twite Linaria flavirostris2019 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2019 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2017 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus2016 Greenland Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2022 Puffin Fratercula arctica2021 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2021 Shetland Wren Troglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus2021 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2021 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis2017 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2016 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus2016 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis2016 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2016 Harbour Seal · Otter
Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina Otter Lutra lutra Stag's-horn Clubmoss · Marsh-bedstraw · Bulbous Rush · Moonwort · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +19
Stag's-horn Clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum Marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre2015 Bulbous Rush Juncus bulbosus2015 Moonwort Botrychium lunaria2015 Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2015 Spreading Meadow-grass Poa humilis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2015
2015
Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata2015
Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata2015
Lesser Spearwort Ranunculus flammula2015
Lesser Spearwort Ranunculus flammula2015
Creeping Forget-me-not Myosotis secunda2015
Creeping Forget-me-not Myosotis secunda2015
Curled Dock Rumex crispus2015
Curled Dock Rumex crispus2015
Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis2015
Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis2015
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor2015
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor2015
Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca2015
Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca2015
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2015
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2015
Luzula multiflora subsp. multiflora Luzula multiflora subsp. multiflora2015
Luzula multiflora subsp. multiflora Luzula multiflora subsp. multiflora2015
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea2015
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea2015
Carnation Sedge Carex panicea2015
Carnation Sedge Carex panicea2015
Daisy Bellis perennis2015
Daisy Bellis perennis2015
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis2015
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis2015
Silverweed Potentilla anserina2015
Silverweed Potentilla anserina2015
Slender Scottish Eyebright Euphrasia scottica2015
Slender Scottish Eyebright Euphrasia scottica2015
Carex hostiana x viridula s.l. Carex hostiana x viridula s.l.2015
Carex hostiana x viridula s.l. Carex hostiana x viridula s.l.2015
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2015
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2015
Mat-grass Nardus stricta2015
Mat-grass Nardus stricta2015 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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