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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Getting here
58.07767, -3.73720
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shag and Oystercatcher
- ✦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
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shag and Oystercatcher
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shag, Oystercatcher, Red-throated Diver +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Shag, Oystercatcher, Red-throated Diver +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cock's-foot, Gorse, Common Nettle +163 more · last seen 2015
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Chocolate Mining Bee +12 more · last seen 2021
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
John O'Groats Trail (Brora to Helmsdale)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG07Local walking route
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Loth & Portgower War Memorial
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
908 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
908 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShag · Common Guillemot · Red-throated Diver · Oystercatcher · Herring Gull +25
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2024
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- GannetMorus bassanus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
- Western Orphean WarblerCurruca hortensis2020
- MerlinFalco columbarius2020
Pygmy Shrew · Bat
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- BatChiroptera
Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Emerald Damselfly · Black Darter +1
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
🌿Plants92 species
springsummer
2022▾
daffodils · Gorse · Bracken · Flowering Currant · Honeysuckle +87
- daffodilsNarcissus
- GorseUlex europaeus
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Foxglove
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
908 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShag · Common Guillemot · Red-throated Diver · Oystercatcher · Herring Gull +25
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2024
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- GannetMorus bassanus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
- Western Orphean WarblerCurruca hortensis2020
- MerlinFalco columbarius2020
Pygmy Shrew · Bat
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- BatChiroptera
Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Emerald Damselfly · Black Darter +1
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
🌿Plants92 species
springsummer
2022▾
daffodils · Gorse · Bracken · Flowering Currant · Honeysuckle +87
- daffodilsNarcissus
- GorseUlex europaeus
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Foxglove
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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