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Loch of Hundland Broch

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📷 Ian Balcombe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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59.11831, -3.22811

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Greylag Goose
✦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

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Greylag Goose
✦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 — Curlew, Greylag Goose, Hooded Crow +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Curlew, Greylag Goose, Hooded Crow +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Grass-of-Parnassus, Welsh Poppy +19 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Grass-of-Parnassus, Welsh Poppy +19 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Great Yellow Bumblebee, Cheilosia bergenstammi +4 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Great Yellow Bumblebee, Cheilosia bergenstammi +4 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Orkney Prehistory Loop RideCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

3,036 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,036 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

spring

2025

Curlew · Greylag Goose · Hooded Crow · Meadow Pipit · Lapwing +49

CurlewNumenius arquata
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
RavenCorvus corax
SwallowHirundo rustica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Common GullLarus canus
RedshankTringa totanus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
EiderSomateria mollissima
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Rock DoveColumba livia
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024

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Plants16 species

summer

2024

Ribwort Plantain · Welsh Poppy · Sharp-flowered Rush · Bog Pimpernel · Sneezewort +11

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
Bog PimpernelLysimachia tenella
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Knotted PearlwortSagina nodosa
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,036 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

spring

2025

Curlew · Greylag Goose · Hooded Crow · Meadow Pipit · Lapwing +49

CurlewNumenius arquata
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
RavenCorvus corax
SwallowHirundo rustica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Common GullLarus canus
RedshankTringa totanus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
EiderSomateria mollissima
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Rock DoveColumba livia
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024

🌿

Plants16 species

summer

2024

Ribwort Plantain · Welsh Poppy · Sharp-flowered Rush · Bog Pimpernel · Sneezewort +11

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
Bog PimpernelLysimachia tenella
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Knotted PearlwortSagina nodosa
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Ian Balcombe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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