Halkirk Free Presbyterian Church
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
58.50618, -3.49089
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🍄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
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🍄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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, House Martin +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, House Martin +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Cortinarius caninus, Slimy Webcap, Sickener +89 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Bombus lucorum, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +79 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Marsh-marigold, Meadowsweet, Glaucous Sedge +57 more · last seen 2016
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (John o' Groats)Mountain bike route223.7 km▾
Named routeLength 223.7 kmNational Cycle Network
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Halkirk Free Presbyterian church tower
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Wildlife to spot
864 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
864 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
House Martin · Swift · Pink-footed Goose · Short-eared Owl · House Sparrow +39
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Bombus lucorum · Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Western Honey Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +2
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
- BumblebeeBombus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris
🍄Fungi40 species
summerautumn
2024▾
False Saffron Milkcap · Sickener · Rufous Milkcap · Amanita Wridog · Cortinarius albovariegatus +35
- False Saffron MilkcapLactarius deterrimus
- SickenerRussula emetica
- Rufous MilkcapLactarius rufus
- Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens2022
- Cortinarius albovariegatusCortinarius albovariegatus2022
- Cortinarius caninus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
864 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
House Martin · Swift · Pink-footed Goose · Short-eared Owl · House Sparrow +39
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Bombus lucorum · Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Western Honey Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +2
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
- BumblebeeBombus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris
🍄Fungi40 species
summerautumn
2024▾
False Saffron Milkcap · Sickener · Rufous Milkcap · Amanita Wridog · Cortinarius albovariegatus +35
- False Saffron MilkcapLactarius deterrimus
- SickenerRussula emetica
- Rufous MilkcapLactarius rufus
- Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens2022
- Cortinarius albovariegatusCortinarius albovariegatus2022
- Cortinarius caninus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cortinarius caninus2022
Cortinarius caninus2022
Slimy WebcapCortinarius mucifluus2022Slimy WebcapCortinarius mucifluus2022Purple Stocking WebcapCortinarius stillatitiusPurple Stocking WebcapCortinarius stillatitiusCortinarius biformisCortinarius biformisCortinarius biformisCortinarius biformisCinnamon WebcapCortinarius cinnamomeusCinnamon WebcapCortinarius cinnamomeusInocybe proximellaInocybe proximellaInocybe proximellaInocybe proximellaAmanita'r GwybedAmanita muscariaAmanita'r GwybedAmanita muscariaJellied BoleteSuillus flavidusJellied BoleteSuillus flavidusMyochromella inolensMyochromella inolens2022Myochromella inolensMyochromella inolens2022Blunt WebcapCortinarius obtusus2022Blunt WebcapCortinarius obtusus2022Cortinarius malicoriusCortinarius malicorius2022Cortinarius malicoriusCortinarius malicorius2022Cortinarius fasciatusCortinarius fasciatus2022Cortinarius fasciatusCortinarius fasciatus2022Meadow CoralClavulinopsis corniculata2022Meadow CoralClavulinopsis corniculata2022Psathyrella sphagnicolaPsathyrella sphagnicola2022Psathyrella sphagnicolaPsathyrella sphagnicola2022Veiled PoisonpieHebeloma mesophaeum2022Veiled PoisonpieHebeloma mesophaeum2022Blushing Wood MushroomAgaricus sylvaticus2022Blushing Wood MushroomAgaricus sylvaticus2022Papillate PinkgillEntoloma clandestinum2022Papillate PinkgillEntoloma clandestinum2022Pale PoisonpieHebeloma velutipes2022Pale PoisonpieHebeloma velutipes2022Entoloma lividocyanulumEntoloma lividocyanulum2022Entoloma lividocyanulumEntoloma lividocyanulum2022Blue-Girdled WebcapCortinarius collinitus2022Blue-Girdled WebcapCortinarius collinitus2022Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea2022Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea2022Entoloma pseudoturciEntoloma pseudoturci2022Entoloma pseudoturciEntoloma pseudoturci2022Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica2022Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica2022Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis2022Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis2022Common PuffballLycoperdon perlatum2022Common PuffballLycoperdon perlatum2022Soft PuffballLycoperdon molle2022Soft PuffballLycoperdon molle2022Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca2022Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca2022Inocybe subcarptaInocybe subcarpta2022Inocybe subcarptaInocybe subcarpta2022PoisonpieHebeloma crustuliniforme s. lat.2022PoisonpieHebeloma crustuliniforme s. lat.2022Contrary WebcapCortinarius variicolor2022Contrary WebcapCortinarius variicolor2022Russet ToughshankGymnopus dryophilus2021Russet ToughshankGymnopus dryophilus2021Fruity BrittlegillRussula queletii2021Fruity BrittlegillRussula queletii2021Nauseous BrittlegillRussula nauseosa2021Nauseous BrittlegillRussula nauseosa2021Schizopora radulaSchizopora radula2020Schizopora radulaSchizopora radula2020Common Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatus2020Common Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatus2020