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Gallow Hill, Broch

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Dogs welcome

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56.20965, -4.02373

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Visiting this summer

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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Raven, Chaffinch, Goldeneye +84 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Raven, Chaffinch, Goldeneye +84 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Ground-hopper, Chrysogaster solstitialis, Cheilosia illustrata +7 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Ground-hopper, Chrysogaster solstitialis, Cheilosia illustrata +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Garden Lady's-mantle · last seen 2025; Plants — Garden Lady's-mantle · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 765Cycling route

Named routeRef 765National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route285 m

Named routeRef 765Length 285 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route62 m

Named routeRef 765Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route32 m

Named routeRef 765Length 32 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route145 m

Named routeRef 765Length 145 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route27 m

Named routeRef 765Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

10,910 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,910 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds93 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Red Kite · Raven · Chaffinch · Goldeneye · Buzzard +88

Red KiteMilvus milvus
RavenCorvus corax2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great TitParus major2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoshawkAstur gentilis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
OspreyPandion haliaetus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix2023

🦌

Mammals8 species

winterautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Pipistrelle Bat species · Brown Long-eared Bat · Rabbit +3

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Pine MartenMartes martes
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red DeerCervus elaphus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects10 species

wintersummer

2025

Common Ground-hopper · Chrysogaster solstitialis · Pterostichus niger · Leucozona glaucia · Sericomyia silentis +5

Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
SyrphusSyrphus
Philonthus cognatusPhilonthus cognatus2024
Chrysolina staphylaeaChrysolina staphylaea2024
Ichneumon extensoriusIchneumon extensorius2024

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Garden Lady's-mantle

Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,910 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds93 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Red Kite · Raven · Chaffinch · Goldeneye · Buzzard +88

Red KiteMilvus milvus
RavenCorvus corax2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great TitParus major2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoshawkAstur gentilis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
OspreyPandion haliaetus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix2023

🦌

Mammals8 species

winterautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Pipistrelle Bat species · Brown Long-eared Bat · Rabbit +3

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Pine MartenMartes martes
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red DeerCervus elaphus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects10 species

wintersummer

2025

Common Ground-hopper · Chrysogaster solstitialis · Pterostichus niger · Leucozona glaucia · Sericomyia silentis +5

Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
SyrphusSyrphus
Philonthus cognatusPhilonthus cognatus2024
Chrysolina staphylaeaChrysolina staphylaea2024
Ichneumon extensoriusIchneumon extensorius2024

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Garden Lady's-mantle

Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Wood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Minor road and woodland near Gallow Hill

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