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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan 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
🐦 101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan 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 — Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Redshank +98 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Redshank +98 more · last seen 2026
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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Meadowsweet, Meadow Vetchling, Creeping Thistle +43 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Meadowsweet, Meadow Vetchling, Creeping Thistle +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Potato Capsid, Great Yellow Bumblebee, Eristalis tenax +6 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Potato Capsid, Great Yellow Bumblebee, Eristalis tenax +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Kabatia periclymeni · last seen 2022; Fungi — Kabatia periclymeni · last seen 2022
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
Show on map Orkney Prehistory Loop Ride Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
4,062 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,062 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Mute Swan · Black Swan · Starling · Arctic Tern · Cormorant +40
Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black Swan Cygnus atratus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Skua Stercorarius skua2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Merlin Falco columbarius2025 Greenshank Tringa nebularia2025 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Rabbit
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐝 Insects 3 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Eristalis tenax · Potato Capsid · Large Red Damselfly
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Meadowsweet · Meadow Vetchling · Creeping Thistle · Daisy · Yellow Iris +21
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense Daisy Bellis perennis Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus Common Nettle Urtica dioica Wavy Bitter-cress Cardamine flexuosa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,062 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Mute Swan · Black Swan · Starling · Arctic Tern · Cormorant +40
Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black Swan Cygnus atratus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Skua Stercorarius skua2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Merlin Falco columbarius2025 Greenshank Tringa nebularia2025 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Rabbit
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐝 Insects 3 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Eristalis tenax · Potato Capsid · Large Red Damselfly
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Meadowsweet · Meadow Vetchling · Creeping Thistle · Daisy · Yellow Iris +21
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense Daisy Bellis perennis Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus Common Nettle Urtica dioica Wavy Bitter-cress Cardamine flexuosa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris
Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre
White Clover Trifolium repens
White Clover Trifolium repens
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga
Red Campion Silene dioica
Red Campion Silene dioica
Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis
Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis
Silverweed Potentilla anserina
Silverweed Potentilla anserina
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
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