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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
58.21080, -3.93065
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Common Gull and Oystercatcher
- ✦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
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Common Gull and Oystercatcher
- ✦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 — Common Gull, Oystercatcher, Lapwing +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Common Gull, Oystercatcher, Lapwing +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Black Darter, Large Red Damselfly, Antler Moth +50 more · last seen 2015
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Yorkshire-fog, Sweet Vernal-grass, Soft-rush +182 more · last seen 2017
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
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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Wildlife to spot
886 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
886 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLapwing · Common Gull · Oystercatcher · Meadow Pipit · Greylag Goose +28
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common GullLarus canus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2019
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2019
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2019
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2019
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2019
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Great White EgretArdea alba2023
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2018
- SwallowHirundo rustica2018
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2018
- TealAnas crecca2018
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2018
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2018
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- RavenCorvus corax2018
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2017
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
🦌Mammals1 species
wintersummer
2019▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Bent · Cat's-ear · daffodils · Common Yellow-sedge · White Sedge +59
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris2021
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2021
- daffodilsNarcissus
- Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2019
- White SedgeCarex canescens2019
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
886 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLapwing · Common Gull · Oystercatcher · Meadow Pipit · Greylag Goose +28
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common GullLarus canus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2019
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2019
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2019
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2019
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2019
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Great White EgretArdea alba2023
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2018
- SwallowHirundo rustica2018
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2018
- TealAnas crecca2018
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2018
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2018
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- RavenCorvus corax2018
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2017
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
🦌Mammals1 species
wintersummer
2019▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Bent · Cat's-ear · daffodils · Common Yellow-sedge · White Sedge +59
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris2021
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2021
- daffodilsNarcissus
- Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2019
- White SedgeCarex canescens2019
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2019Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2019CrowberryEmpetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum2019CrowberryEmpetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum2019Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2019Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2019TormentilPotentilla erecta2019TormentilPotentilla erecta2019Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2019Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2019Bell HeatherErica cinerea2019Bell HeatherErica cinerea2019Alternate Water-milfoilMyriophyllum alterniflorum2019Alternate Water-milfoilMyriophyllum alterniflorum2019BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata2019BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata2019Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2019Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2019Star SedgeCarex echinata2019Star SedgeCarex echinata2019Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2019Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2019Creeping WillowSalix repens2019Creeping WillowSalix repens2019Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2019Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2019Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2019Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2019Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2019Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2019Great SundewDrosera anglica2019Great SundewDrosera anglica2019Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2019Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2019Common SedgeCarex nigra2019Common SedgeCarex nigra2019Fir ClubmossHuperzia selago2019Fir ClubmossHuperzia selago2019Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2019Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2019Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2019Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2019Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum2019Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum2019HeatherCalluna vulgaris2019HeatherCalluna vulgaris2019Marsh VioletViola palustris2019Marsh VioletViola palustris2019LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2019LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2019Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2019Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2019Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2019Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2019Lesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaGlory-of-the-snowScilla forbesiiGlory-of-the-snowScilla forbesiiAppleMalus domestica2021AppleMalus domestica2021Pilosella aurantiaca subsp. carpathicolaPilosella aurantiaca subsp. carpathicola2021Pilosella aurantiaca subsp. carpathicolaPilosella aurantiaca subsp. carpathicola2021Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2021Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2021RowanSorbus aucuparia2021RowanSorbus aucuparia2021CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2021CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2021Buckler-FernDryopteris affinis subsp. affinis2021Buckler-FernDryopteris affinis subsp. affinis2021Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula'Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula'2021Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula'Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula'2021Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii2021Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii2021Common NettleUrtica dioica2021Common NettleUrtica dioica2021Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2021Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2021GorseUlex europaeus2021GorseUlex europaeus2021HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2021HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2021White CloverTrifolium repens2021White CloverTrifolium repens2021BroomCytisus scoparius2021BroomCytisus scoparius2021Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2021Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2021Red FescueFestuca rubra2021Red FescueFestuca rubra2021Scots PinePinus sylvestris2021Scots PinePinus sylvestris2021Narcissus poeticus subsp. recurvusNarcissus poeticus subsp. recurvus2021Narcissus poeticus subsp. recurvusNarcissus poeticus subsp. recurvus2021Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2021Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2021Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2021Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2021PignutConopodium majus2021PignutConopodium majus2021Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2021Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2021Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2021Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2021ShallonGaultheria shallon2021ShallonGaultheria shallon2021Black CurrantRibes nigrum2021Black CurrantRibes nigrum2021Downy BirchBetula pubescens2021Downy BirchBetula pubescens2021Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2019Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2019Toad RushJuncus bufonius2019Toad RushJuncus bufonius2019