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Getting here
57.54192, -6.38005
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- 🍄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
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- 🍄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 — Chaffinch, Robin, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, July Highflyer, Small Heath +37 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Celandine, Field Wood-rush, Star Sedge +157 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust, Dryad's Saddle, Lungwort Lichen +5 more · last seen 2023
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Wildlife to spot
1,748 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,748 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStorm Petrel · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Shag · Oystercatcher · Common Guillemot +4
- Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2023▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Small Heath · Melanostoma scalare · Tipula varipennis
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Tipula varipennisTipula varipennis
Nettle Clustercup Rust
- Nettle Clustercup RustPuccinia urticata s. lat.
Foxglove · English Stonecrop · Jointed Rush · Field Horsetail · Pignut +136
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- English StonecropSedum anglicum
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- PignutConopodium majus
- Water AvensGeum rivale
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,748 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStorm Petrel · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Shag · Oystercatcher · Common Guillemot +4
- Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2023▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Small Heath · Melanostoma scalare · Tipula varipennis
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Tipula varipennisTipula varipennis
Nettle Clustercup Rust
- Nettle Clustercup RustPuccinia urticata s. lat.
Foxglove · English Stonecrop · Jointed Rush · Field Horsetail · Pignut +136
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- English StonecropSedum anglicum
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- PignutConopodium majus
- Water AvensGeum rivale
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas