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Burravoe Broch

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📷 Mike Pennington · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Common Redpoll
🌿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

🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Common Redpoll
🌿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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Common Redpoll, Starling +89 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Common Redpoll, Starling +89 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Creeping Forget-me-not, Cock's-foot, Red Campion +187 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Creeping Forget-me-not, Cock's-foot, Red Campion +187 more · last seen 2018

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Sorrel, Common Nettle, Common Chickweed +12 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Meliscaeva auricollis, Painted Lady, Long-horned Black Legionnaire +9 more · last seen 2022; Insects — Meliscaeva auricollis, Painted Lady, Long-horned Black Legionnaire +9 more · last seen 2022

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Burravoe BraeWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Little Ayre to Hams circularWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Lower VoeWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Brae Community WoodlandWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Mavis GrindWalking route

Named routeLocal walking routeSurface core_path

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 10Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

The Hams TrackCycling route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,320 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,320 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

autumn

2025

Blackbird · Common Redpoll · Goldcrest · Starling · Hooded Crow +56

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
SiskinSpinus spinus
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Continental Coal TitPeriparus ater ater2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Mealy RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea2023
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
Gulosus aristotelis aristotelisGulosus aristotelis aristotelis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
KnotCalidris canutus2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,320 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

autumn

2025

Blackbird · Common Redpoll · Goldcrest · Starling · Hooded Crow +56

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
SiskinSpinus spinus
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Continental Coal TitPeriparus ater ater2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Mealy RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea2023
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
Gulosus aristotelis aristotelisGulosus aristotelis aristotelis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
KnotCalidris canutus2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mike Pennington · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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