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📷 David Purchase · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦130+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Sanderling
🍄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

🐦130+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Sanderling
🍄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

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Sanderling, Redshank +127 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Sanderling, Redshank +127 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Purplepore Bracket, Bloody Brittlegill, Plums And Custard +24 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Purplepore Bracket, Bloody Brittlegill, Plums And Custard +24 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Blue, Green-veined White, Meadow Brown +16 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue, Green-veined White, Meadow Brown +16 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Eyebright · last seen 2024; Plants — Eyebright · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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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

15,683 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,683 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds84 species

autumn

2025

Oystercatcher · Ringed Plover · Great Black-backed Gull · Common Guillemot · Cormorant +79

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RazorbillAlca torda
CurlewNumenius arquata
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JackdawColoeus monedula
SanderlingCalidris alba
Common GullLarus canus
RedshankTringa totanus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
DunlinCalidris alpina
EiderSomateria mollissima
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WigeonMareca penelope
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
RookCorvus frugilegus
GannetMorus bassanus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PuffinFratercula arctica
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Rock DoveColumba livia
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Bean GooseAnser fabalis/serrirostris
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Common TernSterna hirundo
MagpiePica pica
Sabine's GullXema sabini
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
TealAnas crecca
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
ScaupAythya marila
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
RavenCorvus corax
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
GadwallMareca strepera
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RuffCalidris pugnax
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,683 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds84 species

autumn

2025

Oystercatcher · Ringed Plover · Great Black-backed Gull · Common Guillemot · Cormorant +79

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RazorbillAlca torda
CurlewNumenius arquata
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JackdawColoeus monedula
SanderlingCalidris alba
Common GullLarus canus
RedshankTringa totanus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
DunlinCalidris alpina
EiderSomateria mollissima
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WigeonMareca penelope
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
RookCorvus frugilegus
GannetMorus bassanus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PuffinFratercula arctica
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Rock DoveColumba livia
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Bean GooseAnser fabalis/serrirostris
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Common TernSterna hirundo
MagpiePica pica
Sabine's GullXema sabini
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
TealAnas crecca
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
ScaupAythya marila
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
RavenCorvus corax
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
GadwallMareca strepera
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RuffCalidris pugnax
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 David Purchase · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The edge of Dunnet Forest

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