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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.43897, -3.48640
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Wagtail and Common Sandpiper
- 🍄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
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Wagtail and Common Sandpiper
- 🍄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 — Grey Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Meadow Pipit +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Grey Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Meadow Pipit +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Snowy Waxcap, Pointed Club, Vermilion Waxcap +11 more · last seen 2021
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — daffodils, Primrose, Hairy Bitter-cress +64 more · last seen 2015
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Drinker, Square-spot Rustic, Green-veined White +9 more · last seen 2018
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
Photos
Looking west from Thurso River track near Tormsdale
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
635 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
635 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Common Sandpiper · Grey Wagtail · Stonechat · Meadow Pipit · Swallow +41
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- TealAnas crecca
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- GoosanderMergus merganser2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- MerlinFalco columbarius2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2020
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2020
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Snowy Waxcap · Pointed Club
- Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus
- Pointed ClubClavaria falcata
Creeping Bent · Selfheal · Great Wood-rush · Yellow Iris · Green-ribbed Sedge +95
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- BlinksMontia fontana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
635 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Common Sandpiper · Grey Wagtail · Stonechat · Meadow Pipit · Swallow +41
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- TealAnas crecca
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- GoosanderMergus merganser2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- MerlinFalco columbarius2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2020
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2020
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Snowy Waxcap · Pointed Club
- Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus
- Pointed ClubClavaria falcata
Creeping Bent · Selfheal · Great Wood-rush · Yellow Iris · Green-ribbed Sedge +95
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- BlinksMontia fontana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas