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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
58.32549, -3.24376
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hooded Crow 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
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hooded Crow 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Hooded Crow, House Sparrow, Curlew +52 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Hooded Crow, House Sparrow, Curlew +52 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +32 more · last seen 2019
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Annual Meadow-grass, White Clover, Marsh Lousewort +136 more · last seen 2017
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John O'Groats Trail (Lybster to Whaligoe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG11Local walking route
John O'Groats Trail (Whaligoe to Wick)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG12Local walking route
John O'Groats Trail (Dunbeath to Lybster)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG10Local walking route
Photos
New Clyth Road near to Newlands of Clyth
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Wildlife to spot
729 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
729 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHooded Crow · Lapwing · Whinchat · Snipe · Barn Owl +6
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2018
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
- Rock DoveColumba livia2018
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
Great Yellow Bumblebee · Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary · Large White
- Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus
- Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2018
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
Meadow Buttercup · Cuckooflower · Cross-leaved Heath · Heath Bedstraw · Compact Rush +126
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
- Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
- Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
729 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHooded Crow · Lapwing · Whinchat · Snipe · Barn Owl +6
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2019
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2018
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
- Rock DoveColumba livia2018
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
Great Yellow Bumblebee · Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary · Large White
- Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus
- Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2018
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
Meadow Buttercup · Cuckooflower · Cross-leaved Heath · Heath Bedstraw · Compact Rush +126
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
- Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
- Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas