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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.38867, -4.19805
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Willow Warbler
- ✦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
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Willow Warbler
- ✦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 — Great Tit, Willow Warbler, Tawny Owl +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Great Tit, Willow Warbler, Tawny Owl +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Light Emerald, Mottled Beauty, Lesser Swallow Prominent +99 more · last seen 2017
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Pyramidal Bugle, Melancholy Thistle, Bird Cherry +142 more · last seen 2017
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Sprucecone Cap, Sporormiella minima, Cheilymenia fimicola +3 more · last seen 2010
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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
568 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
568 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummer
2025▾
Willow Warbler · Tawny Owl · Curlew · Golden Plover · Skylark +26
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- Common GullLarus canus2019
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
- DunlinCalidris alpina2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2019
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2019
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2019
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2018
- CuckooCuculus canorus2018
Straw Dot · Silver-ground Carpet
- Straw DotRivula sericealis
- Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata
Melancholy Thistle · Pyramidal Bugle · Bird Cherry · Cleavers · Shoreweed +133
- Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum
- Pyramidal BugleAjuga pyramidalis
- Bird CherryPrunus padus
- CleaversGalium aparine
- ShoreweedLittorella uniflora
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- OatAvena sativa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
568 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummer
2025▾
Willow Warbler · Tawny Owl · Curlew · Golden Plover · Skylark +26
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- Common GullLarus canus2019
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
- DunlinCalidris alpina2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2019
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2019
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2019
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2018
- CuckooCuculus canorus2018
Straw Dot · Silver-ground Carpet
- Straw DotRivula sericealis
- Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata
Melancholy Thistle · Pyramidal Bugle · Bird Cherry · Cleavers · Shoreweed +133
- Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum
- Pyramidal BugleAjuga pyramidalis
- Bird CherryPrunus padus
- CleaversGalium aparine
- ShoreweedLittorella uniflora
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- OatAvena sativa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
