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Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.04880, -3.81566
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Common Guillemot and Arctic Tern
- ✦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
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Common Guillemot and Arctic Tern
- ✦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 — Common Guillemot, Arctic Tern, Shag +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Common Guillemot, Arctic Tern, Shag +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Footman, White-line Dart, Square-spot Rustic +46 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Campion, Bracken, Common Nettle +138 more · last seen 2012
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John O'Groats Trail (Golspie to Brora)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG06Local walking route
John O'Groats Trail (Brora to Helmsdale)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG07Local walking route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
670 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
670 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Common Guillemot · Arctic Tern · Common Tern · Shag · Common Gull +31
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- EiderSomateria mollissima2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2016
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2016
- RedshankTringa totanus2016
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2016
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2016
- JackdawColoeus monedula2016
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2016
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2016
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2016
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Emerald Damselfly · Gorse Shieldbug · Southern Hawker · Common Darter · Meadow Brown +2
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2021
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2016
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Gorse · Red Campion · Downy Birch · Bush Vetch · Bluebell +82
- GorseUlex europaeus2018
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- Bush VetchVicia sepium2018
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum2018
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
670 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Common Guillemot · Arctic Tern · Common Tern · Shag · Common Gull +31
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- EiderSomateria mollissima2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2016
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2016
- RedshankTringa totanus2016
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2016
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2016
- JackdawColoeus monedula2016
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2016
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2016
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2016
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Emerald Damselfly · Gorse Shieldbug · Southern Hawker · Common Darter · Meadow Brown +2
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2021
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2016
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Gorse · Red Campion · Downy Birch · Bush Vetch · Bluebell +82
- GorseUlex europaeus2018
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- Bush VetchVicia sepium2018
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum2018
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2016
2016
Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2016Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2016Mouse-ear-hawkweed
Mouse-ear-hawkweed
Pilosella officinarum2018
Pilosella officinarum2018
Eared WillowSalix aurita2018Eared WillowSalix aurita2018Stone BrambleRubus saxatilis2018Stone BrambleRubus saxatilis2018Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2018Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2018RowanSorbus aucuparia2018RowanSorbus aucuparia2018CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2018CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2018Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2018Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2018Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2018Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2018HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2018HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2018Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2018Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2018Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2018Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2018Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2018Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2018HeatherCalluna vulgaris2018HeatherCalluna vulgaris2018Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2018Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2018Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2018Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2018Greater PlantainPlantago major2018Greater PlantainPlantago major2018Buckler-FernDryopteris affinis subsp. affinis2018Buckler-FernDryopteris affinis subsp. affinis2018Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2018Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2018Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2018Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2018SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2018SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2018Common NettleUrtica dioica2018Common NettleUrtica dioica2018CleaversGalium aparine2018CleaversGalium aparine2018Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2018Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2018Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2018Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2018PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2018PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2018Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2018Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2018Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2018Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2018Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2018Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2018LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2018LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2018Common SorrelRumex acetosa2018Common SorrelRumex acetosa2018PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2018PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2018HazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaTutsanHypericum androsaemumTutsanHypericum androsaemumAspenPopulus tremulaAspenPopulus tremulaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumAtlantic scurvy-grassCochlearia officinalis subsp. officinalis2019Atlantic scurvy-grassCochlearia officinalis subsp. officinalis2019Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2018Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2018AshFraxinus excelsior2018AshFraxinus excelsior2018American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2018American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2018Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2018Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2018Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2018Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2018SilverweedPotentilla anserina2018SilverweedPotentilla anserina2018Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2018Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2018Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2018Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2018YarrowAchillea millefolium2018YarrowAchillea millefolium2018SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2018SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2018Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2018Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2018Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2018Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2018Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2018Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2018Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2018Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2018Wych ElmUlmus glabra2018Wych ElmUlmus glabra2018Hedge VeronicaVeronica elliptica x speciosa = V. x franciscana2018Hedge VeronicaVeronica elliptica x speciosa = V. x franciscana2018Soft-rushJuncus effusus2018Soft-rushJuncus effusus2018Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2018Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2018Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii2018Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii2018Lodgepole PinePinus contorta2018Lodgepole PinePinus contorta2018Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2018Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2018Intermediate BridewortSpiraea alba x salicifolia = S. x rosalba2018Intermediate BridewortSpiraea alba x salicifolia = S. x rosalba2018Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2018Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2018ElderSambucus nigra2018ElderSambucus nigra2018Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2018Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2018Red FescueFestuca rubra2018Red FescueFestuca rubra2018Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2018Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2018Curled DockRumex crispus2018Curled DockRumex crispus2018BroomCytisus scoparius2018BroomCytisus scoparius2018Norway SprucePicea abies2018Norway SprucePicea abies2018Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2018Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2018False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2018False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2018Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2018Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2018Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis2018Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis2018White CloverTrifolium repens2018White CloverTrifolium repens2018Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2018Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2018Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2018Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2018Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2018Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2018Tufted VetchVicia cracca2018Tufted VetchVicia cracca2018WeldReseda luteola2018WeldReseda luteola2018Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2018Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2018Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2018Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2018Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2018Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2018