Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
58.37181, -4.23667
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ 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
- 🐦49+ 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, Curlew +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Curlew +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Jointed Rush, Marsh Cinquefoil, Elder +163 more · last seen 2016
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 — Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Common Carpet, Dark Green Fritillary +1 more · last seen 2014
Free
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
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
503 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
503 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Skylark · Meadow Pipit · Golden Plover · Curlew · Willow Warbler +42
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
- Common GullLarus canus2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2019
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
- TealAnas crecca2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2020
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
- Rock DoveColumba livia2019
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2019
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2019
- DunlinCalidris alpina2019
Hazel · Aspen · Marsh Speedwell · Wych Elm · Floating Sweet-grass +82
- HazelCorylus avellana
- AspenPopulus tremula
- Marsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellata
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
- Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
- Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
503 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Skylark · Meadow Pipit · Golden Plover · Curlew · Willow Warbler +42
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
- Common GullLarus canus2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2019
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
- TealAnas crecca2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2020
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
- Rock DoveColumba livia2019
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2019
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2019
- DunlinCalidris alpina2019
Hazel · Aspen · Marsh Speedwell · Wych Elm · Floating Sweet-grass +82
- HazelCorylus avellana
- AspenPopulus tremula
- Marsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellata
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
- Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
- Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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