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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.38306, -3.13675
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Herring Gull
- 🍄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
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Herring Gull
- 🍄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 — Tufted Duck, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Tufted Duck, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Black Shields, Xanthoria aureola, Banded Mottlegill +11 more · last seen 2022
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Common Marbled Carpet, Flame Carpet +99 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Hyacinthoides · last seen 2017
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John O'Groats Trail (Lybster to Whaligoe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG11Local walking route
John O'Groats Trail (Whaligoe to Wick)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG12Local walking route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,267 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,267 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull · Kittiwake · Oystercatcher · Fulmar +41
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PuffinFratercula arctica
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- ScaupAythya marila2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- HoopoeUpupa epops
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Grey Seal · Risso's Dolphin
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Risso's DolphinGrampus griseus2024
🐝Insects21 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Limnellia quadrata · Catops fuliginosus · White Clover Seed Weevil · Clover Seed Weevil · Trioza urticae +16
- Limnellia quadrataLimnellia quadrata2025
- Catops fuliginosusCatops fuliginosus
- White Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipes
- Clover Seed WeevilProtapion assimile
- Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,267 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull · Kittiwake · Oystercatcher · Fulmar +41
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PuffinFratercula arctica
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- ScaupAythya marila2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- HoopoeUpupa epops
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Grey Seal · Risso's Dolphin
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Risso's DolphinGrampus griseus2024
🐝Insects21 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Limnellia quadrata · Catops fuliginosus · White Clover Seed Weevil · Clover Seed Weevil · Trioza urticae +16
- Limnellia quadrataLimnellia quadrata2025
- Catops fuliginosusCatops fuliginosus
- White Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipes
- Clover Seed WeevilProtapion assimile
- Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sphaerophoria scripta
Sphaerophoria scripta
Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Sphaerophoria scripta2025
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