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Chambered Cairn

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📷 Ruth Sharville · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦37+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Fulmar and Shag
✦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

🐦37+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Fulmar and Shag
✦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

Best for

3 activities

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Fulmar, Shag, Black Guillemot +34 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Fulmar, Shag, Black Guillemot +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Fulmar, Shag, Black Guillemot +34 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Fulmar, Shag, Black Guillemot +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Vementry PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Little Ayre to Hams circularWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

The Hams TrackCycling route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

89 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

89 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

summer

2025

Fulmar · Shag · Black Guillemot · Arctic Tern · Oystercatcher +32

FulmarFulmarus glacialis
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2011
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2011
Rock DoveColumba livia
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
RavenCorvus corax
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2011
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2011
EiderSomateria mollissima2010
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2011
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2011
WigeonMareca penelope2011
CurlewNumenius arquata2011
SnipeGallinago gallinago2011
GannetMorus bassanus
Shetland WrenTroglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2013
RazorbillAlca torda2011
TealAnas crecca2011
Mute SwanCygnus olor2011
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2011
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2011
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2010
Common GullLarus canus2010
RedshankTringa totanus2010
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2010
LapwingVanellus vanellus2010
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2010
PuffinFratercula arctica2010
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2010

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

89 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

summer

2025

Fulmar · Shag · Black Guillemot · Arctic Tern · Oystercatcher +32

FulmarFulmarus glacialis
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2011
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2011
Rock DoveColumba livia
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
RavenCorvus corax
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2011
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2011
EiderSomateria mollissima2010
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2011
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2011
WigeonMareca penelope2011
CurlewNumenius arquata2011
SnipeGallinago gallinago2011
GannetMorus bassanus
Shetland WrenTroglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2013
RazorbillAlca torda2011
TealAnas crecca2011
Mute SwanCygnus olor2011
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2011
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2011
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2010
Common GullLarus canus2010
RedshankTringa totanus2010
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2010
LapwingVanellus vanellus2010
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2010
PuffinFratercula arctica2010
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2010

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ruth Sharville · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Chambered Cairn, Muckle Ward, Vementry Isle

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