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Queena Howe Broch

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📷 Sandy Gerrard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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59.32783, -3.01214

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦109+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wheatear and Blackbird
✦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

🐦109+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wheatear and Blackbird
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

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4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wheatear, Blackbird, Mute Swan +106 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wheatear, Blackbird, Mute Swan +106 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Wheatear, Blackbird, Mute Swan +106 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wheatear, Blackbird, Mute Swan +106 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Hedge Mustard, Greater Plantain, Annual Meadow-grass +5 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Hedge Mustard, Greater Plantain, Annual Meadow-grass +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife to spot

8,052 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,052 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

autumnwinter

2025

Robin · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Teal +44

RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TealAnas crecca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WigeonMareca penelope
Common GullLarus canus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedshankTringa totanus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CurlewNumenius arquata
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
MerlinFalco columbarius
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Eastern Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca halimodendri
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RavenCorvus corax
GadwallMareca strepera
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhulaPyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CootFulica atra
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Phylloscopus collybita collybitaPhylloscopus collybita collybita
LapwingVanellus vanellus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,052 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

autumnwinter

2025

Robin · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Teal +44

RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TealAnas crecca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WigeonMareca penelope
Common GullLarus canus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedshankTringa totanus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CurlewNumenius arquata
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
MerlinFalco columbarius
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Eastern Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca halimodendri
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RavenCorvus corax
GadwallMareca strepera
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhulaPyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CootFulica atra
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Phylloscopus collybita collybitaPhylloscopus collybita collybita
LapwingVanellus vanellus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Sandy Gerrard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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