Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Getting here
58.51183, -3.34737
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Collared Dove
- ✦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
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Collared Dove
- ✦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 — Starling, Collared Dove, House Sparrow +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Starling, Collared Dove, House Sparrow +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Daisy, Elder, Ground-elder +39 more · last seen 2014
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Great Yellow Bumblebee, Red Wasp · last seen 2019
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (John o' Groats)Mountain bike route223.7 km▾
Named routeLength 223.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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2014
2014
Tufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaSweet CicelyMyrrhis odorataSweet CicelyMyrrhis odorataBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaSitka SprucePicea sitchensisSitka SprucePicea sitchensisSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaWhite WillowSalix albaWhite WillowSalix albaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseDame's-violetHesperis matronalisDame's-violetHesperis matronalisRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataSpreading Meadow-grassPoa humilisSpreading Meadow-grassPoa humilisCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerata