Geo of the Brough Broch 0 ha
Plan your visit
🦉 Wildlife🍄 Fungi🦅 Birds
Dogs welcome 0 ha
Getting here
60.75813, -0.79063
Open directionsv 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 🍄 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Crab's Eye Lichen, Anaptychia runcinata, Common Orange Lichen +53 more · last seen 2015; Fungi — Crab's Eye Lichen, Anaptychia runcinata, Common Orange Lichen +53 more · last seen 2015
Varies
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Starling, Meadow Pipit, Common Gull +44 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Starling, Meadow Pipit, Common Gull +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Mountain Everlasting, Fairy Flax, Spring Squill +182 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Mountain Everlasting, Fairy Flax, Spring Squill +182 more · last seen 2021
Free
Plants — Wild Thyme, Common Sorrel, Common Chickweed +7 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Haroldswick Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Hamars Ness Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Hagdale Mill 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
1,462 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,462 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Ringed Plover · Common Gull · Starling · Meadow Pipit · Curlew +37
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Curlew Numenius arquata2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Great Skua Stercorarius skua2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle2024 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Redshank Tringa totanus2024 Gannet Morus bassanus2023 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2024 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2024 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2024 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2023 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2023 Eider Somateria mollissima2024 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2024 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus2022 Merlin Falco columbarius2022 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria2022 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix2022 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio2022 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator2022 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2019 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2019 Blackbird Turdus merula2019 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2019 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2019 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2019 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2019 Grey Seal
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus 🐝 Insects 2 species
spring summer
2023 ▾
Chrysolina intermedia · Painted Lady
Chrysolina intermedia Chrysolina intermedia Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Early-purple Orchid · Field Gentian · Frog Orchid · Moss Campion · Mountain Everlasting +6
Early-purple Orchid Orchis mascula Field Gentian Gentianella campestris2021 Frog Orchid Dactylorhiza viridis2021 Moss Campion Silene acaulis2021 Mountain Everlasting Antennaria dioica2021 Flea Sedge Carex pulicaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,462 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Ringed Plover · Common Gull · Starling · Meadow Pipit · Curlew +37
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Curlew Numenius arquata2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Great Skua Stercorarius skua2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle2024 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Redshank Tringa totanus2024 Gannet Morus bassanus2023 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2024 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2024 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2024 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2023 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2023 Eider Somateria mollissima2024 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2024 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus2022 Merlin Falco columbarius2022 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria2022 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix2022 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio2022 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator2022 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2019 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2019 Blackbird Turdus merula2019 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2019 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2019 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2019 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2019 Grey Seal
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus 🐝 Insects 2 species
spring summer
2023 ▾
Chrysolina intermedia · Painted Lady
Chrysolina intermedia Chrysolina intermedia Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Early-purple Orchid · Field Gentian · Frog Orchid · Moss Campion · Mountain Everlasting +6
Early-purple Orchid Orchis mascula Field Gentian Gentianella campestris2021 Frog Orchid Dactylorhiza viridis2021 Moss Campion Silene acaulis2021 Mountain Everlasting Antennaria dioica2021 Flea Sedge Carex pulicaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
Polysiphonia Polysiphonia2021
Polysiphonia Polysiphonia2021
Sea Lettuce Ulva fenestrata2021
Sea Lettuce Ulva fenestrata2021
Maerl indet Maerl indet2021
Maerl indet Maerl indet2021
Scinaia Scinaia2021
Scinaia Scinaia2021
Water Avens Geum rivale2020
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