Flubersgerdie, promontory fort site
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60.79104, -0.95192
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Meadowsweet, Sheep's-bit, Hairy Wood-rush +27 more · last seen 2015; Plants — Meadowsweet, Sheep's-bit, Hairy Wood-rush +27 more · last seen 2015
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Fulmar, Great Skua, Herring Gull +9 more · last seen 2022; Birds — Fulmar, Great Skua, Herring Gull +9 more · last seen 2022
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Painted Lady · last seen 2019; Insects — Painted Lady · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
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Show on map Muckle Flugga Trail Walking route ▾
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Show on map Saito Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 10 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
93 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 93 records · National Biodiversity Network Fulmar · Great Skua · Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull · Wren +7
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2011 Great Skua Stercorarius skua Herring Gull Larus argentatus2011 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2011 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2011 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2011 Raven Corvus corax2011 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle2011 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus2011 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2011 Common Gull Larus canus2011 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2011 Grey Seal · Harbour Seal
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina Painted Lady
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Common Spike-rush · Sheep's-bit · Few-flowered Spike-rush · Creeping Willow · an Eyebright +31
Common Spike-rush Eleocharis palustris Sheep's-bit Jasione montana Few-flowered Spike-rush Eleocharis quinqueflora Creeping Willow Salix repens an Eyebright Euphrasia foulaensis Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum Stiff Sedge Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 93 records · National Biodiversity Network Fulmar · Great Skua · Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull · Wren +7
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2011 Great Skua Stercorarius skua Herring Gull Larus argentatus2011 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2011 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2011 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2011 Raven Corvus corax2011 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle2011 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus2011 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2011 Common Gull Larus canus2011 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2011 Grey Seal · Harbour Seal
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina Painted Lady
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Common Spike-rush · Sheep's-bit · Few-flowered Spike-rush · Creeping Willow · an Eyebright +31
Common Spike-rush Eleocharis palustris Sheep's-bit Jasione montana Few-flowered Spike-rush Eleocharis quinqueflora Creeping Willow Salix repens an Eyebright Euphrasia foulaensis Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum Stiff Sedge Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Carex bigelowii
Carex bigelowii
Moss Campion Silene acaulis
Moss Campion Silene acaulis
Marsh Pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris
Marsh Pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris
Dwarf Willow Salix herbacea
Dwarf Willow Salix herbacea
Floating Bur-reed Sparganium angustifolium
Floating Bur-reed Sparganium angustifolium
Shoreweed Littorella uniflora
Shoreweed Littorella uniflora
Hairy Wood-rush Luzula pilosa2015
Hairy Wood-rush Luzula pilosa2015
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria2015
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria2015
Sea Spleenwort Asplenium marinum2015
Sea Spleenwort Asplenium marinum2015
Thrift Armeria maritima2015
Thrift Armeria maritima2015
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius2015
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius2015
Marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre2015
Marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre2015
Long-Stalked Yellow Sedge Carex lepidocarpa2015
Long-Stalked Yellow Sedge Carex lepidocarpa2015
Lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina2015
Lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina2015
Dandelion Taraxacum2015
Dandelion Taraxacum2015
Cochlearia officinalis Cochlearia officinalis2015
Cochlearia officinalis Cochlearia officinalis2015
Cleavers Galium aparine2015
Cleavers Galium aparine2015
Spring Squill Scilla verna2015
Spring Squill Scilla verna2015
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2015
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2015
Spreading Meadow-grass Poa humilis2015
Spreading Meadow-grass Poa humilis2015
Hard-fern Blechnum spicant2015
Hard-fern Blechnum spicant2015
Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata2015
Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata2015
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata2015
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata2015
Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus2015
Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus2015
Lesser Clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides2015
Lesser Clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides2015
Polypody Polypodium vulgare2015
Polypody Polypodium vulgare2015
Sea Campion Silene uniflora2015
Sea Campion Silene uniflora2015
Goldenrod Solidago virgaurea2015
Goldenrod Solidago virgaurea2015
Dark red crusts Rhodophyta2011
Dark red crusts Rhodophyta2011
encrusting algae indet. encrusting algae indet.2011
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