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Linton Chapel

📷 C Michael Hogan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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59.05226, -2.81957

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and House Sparrow
✦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

🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and House Sparrow
✦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 — Oystercatcher, House Sparrow, Redshank +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Oystercatcher, House Sparrow, Redshank +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Water Forget-me-not, Meadow Vetchling, Yellow-rattle +21 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Water Forget-me-not, Meadow Vetchling, Yellow-rattle +21 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, House Sparrow, Redshank +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Oystercatcher, House Sparrow, Redshank +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Emerald Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Darter +1 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Emerald Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Darter +1 more · last seen 2025

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 10Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

13,076 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,076 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

winterspring

2025

Oystercatcher · House Sparrow · Redshank · Fulmar · Wren +64

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedshankTringa totanus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Common GullLarus canus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CurlewNumenius arquata
Rock DoveColumba livia
WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
Herring GullLarus argentatus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
RavenCorvus corax
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
DunlinCalidris alpina
CootFulica atra2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
PuffinFratercula arctica2024
RazorbillAlca torda2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Emerald Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly

Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum

🌿

Plants24 species

summer

2025

Meadow Vetchling · Water Forget-me-not · Polygonum aviculare · Ranunculus aquatilis agg. · Sun Spurge +19

Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Ranunculus aquatilis agg.Ranunculus aquatilis agg.
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Red CampionSilene dioica
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
ThriftArmeria maritima

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,076 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

winterspring

2025

Oystercatcher · House Sparrow · Redshank · Fulmar · Wren +64

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedshankTringa totanus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Common GullLarus canus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CurlewNumenius arquata
Rock DoveColumba livia
WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
Herring GullLarus argentatus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
RavenCorvus corax
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
DunlinCalidris alpina
CootFulica atra2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
PuffinFratercula arctica2024
RazorbillAlca torda2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Emerald Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly

Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum

🌿

Plants24 species

summer

2025

Meadow Vetchling · Water Forget-me-not · Polygonum aviculare · Ranunculus aquatilis agg. · Sun Spurge +19

Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Ranunculus aquatilis agg.Ranunculus aquatilis agg.
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Red CampionSilene dioica
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
ThriftArmeria maritima

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 C Michael Hogan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Ruined chapel and rock beach, Shapinsay

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