Dale House, walled garden
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.44863, -3.49263
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Wagtail and Common Sandpiper
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Wagtail and Common Sandpiper
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Grey Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Mistle Thrush +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Grey Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Mistle Thrush +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Large Red Damselfly, Emerald Damselfly +21 more · last seen 2013
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — daffodils, Meadowsweet, Tufted Hair-grass +81 more · last seen 2015
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Great North Trail (John o' Groats)
Varies
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
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Wildlife to spot
342 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
342 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Wagtail · Common Sandpiper · Mistle Thrush · Skylark · Pied Wagtail +41
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2015
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2015
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2020
- GoosanderMergus merganser2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2015
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2013
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TealAnas crecca
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
- Barn OwlTyto alba2019
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2018
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2018
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2015
- RobinErithacus rubecula2015
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2015
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2015
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2014
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2014
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2014
- SiskinSpinus spinus2013
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2019▾
Mole · Pine Marten
- MoleTalpa europaea2015
- Pine MartenMartes martes
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Clouded Border · Green-veined White · Emperor Moth · Knot Grass · Light Knot Grass +1
- Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2012
- Emperor MothSaturnia pavonia
- Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis
- Light Knot GrassAcronicta menyanthidis
- White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2012
🌿Plants36 species
springsummer
2015▾
daffodils · Meadowsweet · Tufted Hair-grass · Marsh-marigold · Osier +31
- daffodilsNarcissus
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2014
- OsierSalix viminalis
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
342 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Wagtail · Common Sandpiper · Mistle Thrush · Skylark · Pied Wagtail +41
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2015
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2015
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2020
- GoosanderMergus merganser2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2015
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2013
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TealAnas crecca
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
- Barn OwlTyto alba2019
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2018
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2018
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2015
- RobinErithacus rubecula2015
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2015
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2015
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2014
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2014
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2014
- SiskinSpinus spinus2013
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2019▾
Mole · Pine Marten
- MoleTalpa europaea2015
- Pine MartenMartes martes
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Clouded Border · Green-veined White · Emperor Moth · Knot Grass · Light Knot Grass +1
- Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2012
- Emperor MothSaturnia pavonia
- Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis
- Light Knot GrassAcronicta menyanthidis
- White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2012
🌿Plants36 species
springsummer
2015▾
daffodils · Meadowsweet · Tufted Hair-grass · Marsh-marigold · Osier +31
- daffodilsNarcissus
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2014
- OsierSalix viminalis
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas