Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
58.31261, -4.33191
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Skylark
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Skylark
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Hooded Crow +30 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Hooded Crow +30 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Woolly Fringe-moss, Green Mountain Fringe-moss, Bristly Fringe-moss +116 more · last seen 2017
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Great North Trail (John o' Groats)
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Azure Hawker · last seen 2021
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (John o' Groats)Mountain bike route223.7 km▾
Named routeLength 223.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
Ancient burial site at Grumbeg
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
242 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
242 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Meadow Pipit · Hooded Crow · Chaffinch · Skylark · Greylag Goose +25
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2015
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- GoosanderMergus merganser2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2019
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2015
- Common GullLarus canus2015
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2015
- CuckooCuculus canorus2015
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2015
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2015
Red Deer
Azure Hawker
- Azure HawkerAeshna caerulea
Green Mountain Fringe-moss · Woolly Fringe-moss · White Earwort · Bristly Fringe-moss · Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme +104
- Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
- Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum
- White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
- Bristly Fringe-mossRacomitrium heterostichum
- Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
242 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Meadow Pipit · Hooded Crow · Chaffinch · Skylark · Greylag Goose +25
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2015
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- GoosanderMergus merganser2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2019
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2015
- Common GullLarus canus2015
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2015
- CuckooCuculus canorus2015
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2015
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2015
Red Deer
Azure Hawker
- Azure HawkerAeshna caerulea
Green Mountain Fringe-moss · Woolly Fringe-moss · White Earwort · Bristly Fringe-moss · Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme +104
- Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
- Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum
- White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
- Bristly Fringe-mossRacomitrium heterostichum
- Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas