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Knock Glass Broch

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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58.55003, -3.62588

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Lapwing, Mallard, Common Gull +95 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Lapwing, Mallard, Common Gull +95 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Fly Agaric, Penny Bun, Cortinarius albovariegatus +37 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Fly Agaric, Penny Bun, Cortinarius albovariegatus +37 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Bumblebee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers +9 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Bumblebee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers +9 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Fungi — Penny Bun, Tawny Funnel, False Chanterelle

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,735 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,735 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Hen Harrier · Whooper Swan · Teal · Lapwing · Common Gull +48

Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
TealAnas crecca2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common GullLarus canus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba
WigeonMareca penelope2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MagpiePica pica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RavenCorvus corax
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
MerlinFalco columbarius
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
SwiftApus apus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
QuailCoturnix coturnix2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Great White EgretArdea alba2023

🐝

Insects6 species

spring

2024

Bumblebee · Moss Carder Bee · Bombus lucorum · Common Carder Bee · Gypsy Cuckoo Bee +1

BumblebeeBombus
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Gypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris

🍄

Fungi1 species

summer

2025

Blusher

BlusherAmanita rubescens var. rubescens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,735 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Hen Harrier · Whooper Swan · Teal · Lapwing · Common Gull +48

Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
TealAnas crecca2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common GullLarus canus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba
WigeonMareca penelope2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MagpiePica pica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RavenCorvus corax
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
MerlinFalco columbarius
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
SwiftApus apus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
QuailCoturnix coturnix2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Great White EgretArdea alba2023

🐝

Insects6 species

spring

2024

Bumblebee · Moss Carder Bee · Bombus lucorum · Common Carder Bee · Gypsy Cuckoo Bee +1

BumblebeeBombus
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Gypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris

🍄

Fungi1 species

summer

2025

Blusher

BlusherAmanita rubescens var. rubescens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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