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Ollaberry Church

📷 AlastairG · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Curlew
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 126m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Curlew
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 126m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

11 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Starling, Curlew, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Starling, Curlew, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2024

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Quaking-grass, Common Marsh-bedstraw, Viviparous Sheep's-fescue +44 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Quaking-grass, Common Marsh-bedstraw, Viviparous Sheep's-fescue +44 more · last seen 2017

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Cladonia uncialis subsp. biuncialis, Cladonia arbuscula subsp. squarrosa, crotail rèin-fhèidh +1 more · last seen 2010; Fungi — Cladonia uncialis subsp. biuncialis, Cladonia arbuscula subsp. squarrosa, crotail rèin-fhèidh +1 more · last seen 2010

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ollaberry Back SandsWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Access to Ronas HilWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

East Burn WoodsWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

527 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

527 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

autumn

2024

Blackbird · House Sparrow · Curlew · Starling · Black Guillemot +61

BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CurlewNumenius arquata
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common GullLarus canus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RavenCorvus corax
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
Shetland WrenTroglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Rock DoveColumba livia
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2022
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
Bee-eaterMerops apiaster2019
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
RedshankTringa totanus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2019
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
MerlinFalco columbarius2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Common GuillemotUria aalge2022
PuffinFratercula arctica2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2020
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2020
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2020
ShagGulosus aristotelis2019
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2019
GannetMorus bassanus2019
RazorbillAlca torda2019
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2018
SmewMergellus albellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
EiderSomateria mollissima2022
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
RobinErithacus rubecula2020
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
SwallowHirundo rustica2019
RookCorvus frugilegus2019
WigeonMareca penelope2019
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
Mute SwanCygnus olor2019
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
DunlinCalidris alpina2019
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2019
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2019
Common TernSterna hirundo2019
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2018
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2018

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2019

Painted Lady

Painted LadyVanessa cardui

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2018

Quaking-grass

Quaking-grassBriza media

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

527 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

autumn

2024

Blackbird · House Sparrow · Curlew · Starling · Black Guillemot +61

BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CurlewNumenius arquata
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Common GullLarus canus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RavenCorvus corax
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
Shetland WrenTroglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Rock DoveColumba livia
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2022
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
Bee-eaterMerops apiaster2019
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
RedshankTringa totanus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2019
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
MerlinFalco columbarius2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Common GuillemotUria aalge2022
PuffinFratercula arctica2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2020
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2020
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2020
ShagGulosus aristotelis2019
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2019
GannetMorus bassanus2019
RazorbillAlca torda2019
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2018
SmewMergellus albellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
EiderSomateria mollissima2022
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
RobinErithacus rubecula2020
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
SwallowHirundo rustica2019
RookCorvus frugilegus2019
WigeonMareca penelope2019
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
Mute SwanCygnus olor2019
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
DunlinCalidris alpina2019
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2019
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2019
Common TernSterna hirundo2019
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2018
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2018

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2019

Painted Lady

Painted LadyVanessa cardui

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2018

Quaking-grass

Quaking-grassBriza media

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 AlastairG · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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