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Dogs welcome
Getting here
58.32852, -3.20505
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Herring Gull
- ✦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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Herring Gull
- ✦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 — Starling, Herring Gull, Shag +56 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Starling, Herring Gull, Shag +56 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Twin-spot Carpet, Dark Arches, July Highflyer +26 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Jacobaea, White Clover, Cuckooflower +204 more · last seen 2017
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
1,381 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,381 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShag · Kittiwake · Common Guillemot · Rock Dove · Razorbill +17
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2023
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- RazorbillAlca torda2023
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- EiderSomateria mollissima2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
Eutrichapion ervi · Nephus redtenbacheri · Small Nettle Weevil · Eristalinus aeneus · Protonemura meyeri +1
- Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi
- Nephus redtenbacheriNephus redtenbacheri
- Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus
- Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus2025
- Protonemura meyeriProtonemura meyeri2025
- St Marks FlyBibio marci2023
Tufted Vetch · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Greater Plantain · Coltsfoot · Marsh-marigold +139
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,381 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShag · Kittiwake · Common Guillemot · Rock Dove · Razorbill +17
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2023
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- RazorbillAlca torda2023
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- EiderSomateria mollissima2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
Eutrichapion ervi · Nephus redtenbacheri · Small Nettle Weevil · Eristalinus aeneus · Protonemura meyeri +1
- Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi
- Nephus redtenbacheriNephus redtenbacheri
- Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus
- Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus2025
- Protonemura meyeriProtonemura meyeri2025
- St Marks FlyBibio marci2023
Tufted Vetch · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Greater Plantain · Coltsfoot · Marsh-marigold +139
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
