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Fair Isle Church

📷 Rude Health · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦115+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Meadow Pipit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🚻Toilets 274m from the site — useful for longer visits or those with young children

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦115+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Meadow Pipit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🚻Toilets 274m from the site — useful for longer visits or those with young children

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Toilets

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackcap, Meadow Pipit, Wheatear +112 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackcap, Meadow Pipit, Wheatear +112 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Helophilus trivittatus, Eupeodes corollae, Eristalis intricaria +2 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Helophilus trivittatus, Eupeodes corollae, Eristalis intricaria +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Good match

toilets

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — an Eyebright · last seen 2025; Plants — an Eyebright · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Fair Isle CircularWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 10Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

29,539 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

29,539 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumn

2025

Skylark · Great Black-backed Gull · Raven · Twite · Gannet +57

SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
RavenCorvus corax
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
GannetMorus bassanus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
EiderSomateria mollissima
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
CurlewNumenius arquata
Common GullLarus canus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Rock DoveColumba livia
ShagGulosus aristotelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
RedshankTringa totanus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WigeonMareca penelope
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
TealAnas crecca
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MerlinFalco columbarius
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SwallowHirundo rustica
Lapland BuntingCalcarius lapponicus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Seal · Killer Whale

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Killer WhaleOrcinus orca

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winterspring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

29,539 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumn

2025

Skylark · Great Black-backed Gull · Raven · Twite · Gannet +57

SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
RavenCorvus corax
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
GannetMorus bassanus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
EiderSomateria mollissima
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
CurlewNumenius arquata
Common GullLarus canus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Rock DoveColumba livia
ShagGulosus aristotelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
RedshankTringa totanus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WigeonMareca penelope
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
TealAnas crecca
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MerlinFalco columbarius
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SwallowHirundo rustica
Lapland BuntingCalcarius lapponicus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Seal · Killer Whale

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Killer WhaleOrcinus orca

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winterspring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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