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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
58.23649, -3.92356
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Skylark
- ✦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
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Skylark
- ✦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 — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Sand Martin +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Sand Martin +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Heather, Heath Rush, Purple Moor-grass +92 more · last seen 2017
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Black Darter, Large Red Damselfly +1 more · last seen 2011
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
Photos
Kinbrace Hill Chambered Cairn
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Wildlife to spot
942 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
942 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Lapwing · Wheatear · Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Curlew +20
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2021
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great White EgretArdea alba2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2019
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2019
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2019
- TealAnas crecca2019
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2019
- GoosanderMergus merganser2019
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2019
Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Heath Milkwort · Lousewort · Heath Rush · Heather +27
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia
- LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
942 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Lapwing · Wheatear · Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Curlew +20
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2021
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great White EgretArdea alba2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2019
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2019
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2019
- TealAnas crecca2019
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2019
- GoosanderMergus merganser2019
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2019
Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Heath Milkwort · Lousewort · Heath Rush · Heather +27
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia
- LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas