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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
56.22649, -5.65031
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦108+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Herring Gull
- ✦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
- 🐦108+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Herring Gull
- ✦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 — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Common Gull +105 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Common Gull +105 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Peacock, Green-veined White +44 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Geranium robertianum subsp. robertianum, Devil's-bit Scabious, Great Wood-rush +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Jelly Ear, Dryad's Saddle · last seen 2022
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