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Castle of Burwick - promontory fort (ruins)

📷 Graeme Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Wigeon
✦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

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Wigeon
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Wigeon, Curlew +82 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Wigeon, Curlew +82 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 — Oysterplant, Scots Lovage, Spring Squill +17 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Oysterplant, Scots Lovage, Spring Squill +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Great Yellow Bumblebee, Moss Carder Bee, Gypsy Cuckoo Bee · last seen 2022; Insects — Great Yellow Bumblebee, Moss Carder Bee, Gypsy Cuckoo Bee · last seen 2022

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,417 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,417 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

spring

2025

Eider · Mallard · Redshank · Lapwing · Barnacle Goose +53

EiderSomateria mollissima
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RedshankTringa totanus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Common GullLarus canus
CurlewNumenius arquata
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WigeonMareca penelope
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
JackdawColoeus monedula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RuffCalidris pugnax
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
TealAnas crecca
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
DunlinCalidris alpina
SwallowHirundo rustica
RazorbillAlca torda
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common GuillemotUria aalge
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
GadwallMareca strepera
CootFulica atra

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🌿

Plants11 species

springsummer

2025

Oysterplant · Scots Lovage · Blinks · Devil's-bit Scabious · Red Campion +6

OysterplantMertensia maritima
Scots LovageLigusticum scoticum
BlinksMontia fontana
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Red CampionSilene dioica
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,417 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

spring

2025

Eider · Mallard · Redshank · Lapwing · Barnacle Goose +53

EiderSomateria mollissima
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RedshankTringa totanus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Common GullLarus canus
CurlewNumenius arquata
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WigeonMareca penelope
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
JackdawColoeus monedula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RuffCalidris pugnax
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
TealAnas crecca
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
DunlinCalidris alpina
SwallowHirundo rustica
RazorbillAlca torda
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common GuillemotUria aalge
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
GadwallMareca strepera
CootFulica atra

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🌿

Plants11 species

springsummer

2025

Oysterplant · Scots Lovage · Blinks · Devil's-bit Scabious · Red Campion +6

OysterplantMertensia maritima
Scots LovageLigusticum scoticum
BlinksMontia fontana
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Red CampionSilene dioica
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Graeme Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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