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Kirk Geo - site of St Colm's Chapel

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Eider and Curlew
✦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

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Eider and Curlew
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Eider, Curlew, Fulmar +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Eider, Curlew, Fulmar +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Silver-ground Carpet, Small Square-spot, Beautiful Golden Y +114 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Silver-ground Carpet, Small Square-spot, Beautiful Golden Y +114 more · last seen 2023

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sea Sandwort, Oysterplant, Frosted Orache +23 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Sea Sandwort, Oysterplant, Frosted Orache +23 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

3,645 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,645 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

springsummer

2025

Eider · Curlew · Fulmar · Oystercatcher · Redshank +71

EiderSomateria mollissima
CurlewNumenius arquata
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedshankTringa totanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common GullLarus canus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
RazorbillAlca torda2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
CorncrakeCrex crex2020
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
SanderlingCalidris alba2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
GreenshankTringa nebularia2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
PuffinFratercula arctica2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
MerlinFalco columbarius2023
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2022
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2021
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
Bee-eaterMerops apiaster2020

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Seal · Rabbit · Brown Hare

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023

🐝

Insects117 species

summer

2023

Silver-ground Carpet · Small Square-spot · Beautiful Golden Y · Flame Shoulder · Dark Arches +112

Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2019
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019
Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2019
Clouded-bordered BrindleApamea crenata2019
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019
Dusky BrocadeApamea remissa2019
Map-winged SwiftKorscheltellus fusconebulosa2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2019
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2019
Red CarpetXanthorhoe decoloraria2019
Small Dotted BuffPhotedes minima2019
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Small RivuletPerizoma alchemillata2019
Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula2019
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Common RusticMesapamea secalis2019
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019
Garden TigerArctia caja2019
Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2019
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2019
Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus2021
Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019
True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2019
Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2019
ConfusedApamea furva2019
Ghost MothHepialus humuli2019
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2019
Lempke's Gold SpotPlusia putnami2019
Northern RusticStandfussiana lucernea2019
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
Black Marram WeevilOtiorhynchus atroapterus
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
White-line DartEuxoa tritici2019
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019
Pinion-streaked SnoutSchrankia costaestrigalis2019
Twin-spot CarpetMesotype didymata2019
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
BumblebeeBombus
Gypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus2021
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2020
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019
Rosy MinorLitoligia literosa2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Common PugEupithecia vulgata2019
Common White WaveCabera pusaria2019
Grass RivuletPerizoma albulata2019
Ancistrocerus oviventrisAncistrocerus oviventris2020
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019
ChevronEulithis testata2019
Haworth's MinorCelaena haworthii2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Dotted ClayXestia baja2019
Light ArchesApamea lithoxylaea2019
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019
LychnisHadena bicruris2019
Common WaveCabera exanthemata2019
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus
Common StilettoThereva nobilitata
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2021
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2021
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2021
Thanatophilus rugosusThanatophilus rugosus2020
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2020
EupeodesEupeodes2020
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2020
Yellow-faced BlowflyCynomya mortuorum2020
Brachycaudus (Acaudus) lychnidisBrachycaudus (Acaudus) lychnidis2020
Brindled OchreDasypolia templi2019
HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2019
Pearly UnderwingPeridroma saucia2019
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2019
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Large EarAmphipoea lucens2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Archer's DartAgrotis vestigialis2019
CrescentHelotropha leucostigma2019
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019
Crescent StripedApamea oblonga2019
Dark SpinachPelurga comitata2019
PhoenixEulithis prunata2019
Bedstraw Hawk-mothHyles gallii2019
Blood-veinTimandra comae2019
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2019
Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2019
Grey Mountain CarpetEntephria caesiata2019
Narrow-winged PugEupithecia nanata2019
CampionSideridis rivularis2019
Marbled CoronetHadena confusa2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Sandy CarpetPerizoma flavofasciata2019
Double DartGraphiphora augur2019
ShearsHada plebeja2019
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica2019

🌿

Plants33 species

summer

2025

Sea Sandwort · Oysterplant · Frosted Orache · Sea Rocket · Great Willowherb +28

Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides
OysterplantMertensia maritima
Frosted OracheAtriplex laciniata
Sea RocketCakile maritima2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Sea-kaleCrambe maritima
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Wild-oatAvena fatua2024
Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2024
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024
ThriftArmeria maritima2023
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
AllseedLinum radiola2022
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2022
Small NettleUrtica urens2021
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2021
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2021
Californian HoneysuckleLonicera involucrata2021
Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2021
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2021
Forget-Me-NotMyosotis2020
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2020
PoppyPapaver2020
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2020
Canary-grassPhalaris canariensis2019
Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,645 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

springsummer

2025

Eider · Curlew · Fulmar · Oystercatcher · Redshank +71

EiderSomateria mollissima
CurlewNumenius arquata
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedshankTringa totanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common GullLarus canus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
RazorbillAlca torda2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
CorncrakeCrex crex2020
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
SanderlingCalidris alba2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
GreenshankTringa nebularia2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
PuffinFratercula arctica2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
MerlinFalco columbarius2023
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2022
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2021
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
Bee-eaterMerops apiaster2020

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Seal · Rabbit · Brown Hare

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023

🐝

Insects117 species

summer

2023

Silver-ground Carpet · Small Square-spot · Beautiful Golden Y · Flame Shoulder · Dark Arches +112

Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2019
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019
Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2019
Clouded-bordered BrindleApamea crenata2019
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019
Dusky BrocadeApamea remissa2019
Map-winged SwiftKorscheltellus fusconebulosa2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2019
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2019
Red CarpetXanthorhoe decoloraria2019
Small Dotted BuffPhotedes minima2019
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Small RivuletPerizoma alchemillata2019
Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula2019
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Common RusticMesapamea secalis2019
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019
Garden TigerArctia caja2019
Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2019
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2019
Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus2021
Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019
True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2019
Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2019
ConfusedApamea furva2019
Ghost MothHepialus humuli2019
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2019
Lempke's Gold SpotPlusia putnami2019
Northern RusticStandfussiana lucernea2019
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
Black Marram WeevilOtiorhynchus atroapterus
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
White-line DartEuxoa tritici2019
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019
Pinion-streaked SnoutSchrankia costaestrigalis2019
Twin-spot CarpetMesotype didymata2019
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
BumblebeeBombus
Gypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus2021
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2020
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019
Rosy MinorLitoligia literosa2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Common PugEupithecia vulgata2019
Common White WaveCabera pusaria2019
Grass RivuletPerizoma albulata2019
Ancistrocerus oviventrisAncistrocerus oviventris2020
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019
ChevronEulithis testata2019
Haworth's MinorCelaena haworthii2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Dotted ClayXestia baja2019
Light ArchesApamea lithoxylaea2019
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019
LychnisHadena bicruris2019
Common WaveCabera exanthemata2019
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus
Common StilettoThereva nobilitata
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2021
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2021
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2021
Thanatophilus rugosusThanatophilus rugosus2020
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2020
EupeodesEupeodes2020
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2020
Yellow-faced BlowflyCynomya mortuorum2020
Brachycaudus (Acaudus) lychnidisBrachycaudus (Acaudus) lychnidis2020
Brindled OchreDasypolia templi2019
HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2019
Pearly UnderwingPeridroma saucia2019
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2019
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Large EarAmphipoea lucens2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Archer's DartAgrotis vestigialis2019
CrescentHelotropha leucostigma2019
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019
Crescent StripedApamea oblonga2019
Dark SpinachPelurga comitata2019
PhoenixEulithis prunata2019
Bedstraw Hawk-mothHyles gallii2019
Blood-veinTimandra comae2019
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2019
Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2019
Grey Mountain CarpetEntephria caesiata2019
Narrow-winged PugEupithecia nanata2019
CampionSideridis rivularis2019
Marbled CoronetHadena confusa2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Sandy CarpetPerizoma flavofasciata2019
Double DartGraphiphora augur2019
ShearsHada plebeja2019
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica2019

🌿

Plants33 species

summer

2025

Sea Sandwort · Oysterplant · Frosted Orache · Sea Rocket · Great Willowherb +28

Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides
OysterplantMertensia maritima
Frosted OracheAtriplex laciniata
Sea RocketCakile maritima2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Sea-kaleCrambe maritima
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Wild-oatAvena fatua2024
Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2024
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024
ThriftArmeria maritima2023
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
AllseedLinum radiola2022
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2022
Small NettleUrtica urens2021
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2021
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2021
Californian HoneysuckleLonicera involucrata2021
Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2021
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2021
Forget-Me-NotMyosotis2020
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2020
PoppyPapaver2020
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2020
Canary-grassPhalaris canariensis2019
Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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