Greenhill, broch site
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.31880, -3.20586
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Starling
- ✦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
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Starling
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Starling, Great Black-backed Gull +33 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Starling, Great Black-backed Gull +33 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Jacobaea, Annual Meadow-grass, White Clover +174 more · last seen 2017
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Eristalinus aeneus, St Marks Fly, Protonemura meyeri +1 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 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
John O'Groats Trail (Dunbeath to Lybster)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG10Local walking route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,066 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,066 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Kittiwake · Fulmar · Shag · Common Guillemot +20
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2023
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2023
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- RazorbillAlca torda2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- SwiftApus apus2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2018
- Common GullLarus canus2018
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2018
Eristalinus aeneus · St Marks Fly · Protonemura meyeri
- Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus
- St Marks FlyBibio marci2023
- Protonemura meyeriProtonemura meyeri
Festuca rubra · Devil's-bit Scabious · Selfheal · Yellow-rattle · Sweet Vernal-grass +139
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,066 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Kittiwake · Fulmar · Shag · Common Guillemot +20
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2023
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2023
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- RazorbillAlca torda2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- SwiftApus apus2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2018
- Common GullLarus canus2018
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2018
Eristalinus aeneus · St Marks Fly · Protonemura meyeri
- Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus
- St Marks FlyBibio marci2023
- Protonemura meyeriProtonemura meyeri
Festuca rubra · Devil's-bit Scabious · Selfheal · Yellow-rattle · Sweet Vernal-grass +139
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
