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Gills, Broch

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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58.63402, -3.17218

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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
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

🌤️ 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
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Campsite

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 — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Curlew +88 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Curlew +88 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green-veined White, Silver Y, Small Tortoiseshell +17 more · last seen 2022; Insects — Green-veined White, Silver Y, Small Tortoiseshell +17 more · last seen 2022

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Equal-lobed Dandelion, Broad-bracted Dandelion, Swollen-lobed Dandelion +1 more · last seen 2015; Plants — Equal-lobed Dandelion, Broad-bracted Dandelion, Swollen-lobed Dandelion +1 more · last seen 2015

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (John o' Groats)Mountain bike route223.7 km

Named routeLength 223.7 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

1,179 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,179 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springsummer

2025

Eider · Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Swallow · Rock Dove +57

EiderSomateria mollissima
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GannetMorus bassanus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
CurlewNumenius arquata
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Common GullLarus canus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
CuckooCuculus canorus
RedshankTringa totanus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
SanderlingCalidris alba
SwiftApus apus
RookCorvus frugilegus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
DunnockPrunella modularis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
PuffinFratercula arctica
RazorbillAlca torda
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
WigeonMareca penelope
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
HoopoeUpupa epops2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024

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Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Grey Seal · Otter · Common Porpoise · Harbour Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
OtterLutra lutra
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2024
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,179 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springsummer

2025

Eider · Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Swallow · Rock Dove +57

EiderSomateria mollissima
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GannetMorus bassanus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
CurlewNumenius arquata
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Common GullLarus canus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
CuckooCuculus canorus
RedshankTringa totanus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
SanderlingCalidris alba
SwiftApus apus
RookCorvus frugilegus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
DunnockPrunella modularis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
PuffinFratercula arctica
RazorbillAlca torda
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
WigeonMareca penelope
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
HoopoeUpupa epops2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Grey Seal · Otter · Common Porpoise · Harbour Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
OtterLutra lutra
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2024
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌱Castle of Mey GardensUrban park3.5 km→✦Broch siteHistoric site2.4 km→🐄Animal CentreVisitor farm3.1 km→⛪Old Parish ChurchReligious grounds2.4 km→✦Thomsonsfield BrochHistoric site2.6 km→✦Castle of MeyHistoric site3.4 km→

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