Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.45739, -3.47226
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ 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
- 🐦66+ 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, Mistle Thrush +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Grey Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Mistle Thrush +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Slimy Webcap, Fruity Brittlegill, False Saffron Milkcap +87 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Common Blue, Green-veined White +34 more · last seen 2019
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Marsh-marigold, Water Sedge, Bottle Sedge +26 more · last seen 2014
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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
868 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
868 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Wagtail · Common Sandpiper · Mistle Thrush · Pied Wagtail · Swallow +42
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2019
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2020
- GoosanderMergus merganser2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- TealAnas crecca
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2019
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2019
- Barn OwlTyto alba2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
Roe Deer · Pine Marten
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Pine MartenMartes martes2019
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
Painted Lady · Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene
🍄Fungi53 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Sickener · False Saffron Milkcap · Fruity Brittlegill · Slimy Webcap · Fly Agaric +48
- SickenerRussula emetica
- False Saffron MilkcapLactarius deterrimus
- Fruity BrittlegillRussula queletii
- Slimy WebcapCortinarius mucifluus2022
- Fly AgaricAmanita muscaria var. muscaria
- Rufous MilkcapLactarius rufus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
868 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Wagtail · Common Sandpiper · Mistle Thrush · Pied Wagtail · Swallow +42
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2019
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2020
- GoosanderMergus merganser2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- TealAnas crecca
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2019
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2019
- Barn OwlTyto alba2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
Roe Deer · Pine Marten
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Pine MartenMartes martes2019
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
Painted Lady · Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene
🍄Fungi53 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Sickener · False Saffron Milkcap · Fruity Brittlegill · Slimy Webcap · Fly Agaric +48
- SickenerRussula emetica
- False Saffron MilkcapLactarius deterrimus
- Fruity BrittlegillRussula queletii
- Slimy WebcapCortinarius mucifluus2022
- Fly AgaricAmanita muscaria var. muscaria
- Rufous MilkcapLactarius rufus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
