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Dogs welcome
Getting here
58.38597, -3.13346
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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 Pink-footed Goose and Oystercatcher
- ✦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
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pink-footed Goose and Oystercatcher
- ✦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
Birds — Pink-footed Goose, Oystercatcher, Fulmar +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Limnellia quadrata, Catops fuliginosus, White Clover Seed Weevil +17 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Pink-footed Goose, Oystercatcher, Fulmar +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John O'Groats Trail (Lybster to Whaligoe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG11Local walking route
John O'Groats Trail (Whaligoe to Wick)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG12Local walking route
Photos
Standing Stone of Gansclet, near Thrumster, Caithness
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,624 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,624 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pink-footed Goose · Oystercatcher · Fulmar · Rock Dove · Wigeon +44
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WigeonMareca penelope
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- PuffinFratercula arctica
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Common GullLarus canus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- HoopoeUpupa epops
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- ScaupAythya marila2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Grey Seal · Risso's Dolphin
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Risso's DolphinGrampus griseus2024
🐝Insects20 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Limnellia quadrata · Catops fuliginosus · White Clover Seed Weevil · Clover Seed Weevil · Trioza urticae +15
- Limnellia quadrataLimnellia quadrata2025
- Catops fuliginosusCatops fuliginosus
- White Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipes
- Clover Seed WeevilProtapion assimile
- Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,624 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pink-footed Goose · Oystercatcher · Fulmar · Rock Dove · Wigeon +44
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WigeonMareca penelope
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- PuffinFratercula arctica
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Common GullLarus canus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- HoopoeUpupa epops
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- ScaupAythya marila2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Grey Seal · Risso's Dolphin
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Risso's DolphinGrampus griseus2024
🐝Insects20 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Limnellia quadrata · Catops fuliginosus · White Clover Seed Weevil · Clover Seed Weevil · Trioza urticae +15
- Limnellia quadrataLimnellia quadrata2025
- Catops fuliginosusCatops fuliginosus
- White Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipes
- Clover Seed WeevilProtapion assimile
- Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sphaerophoria scripta
Sphaerophoria scripta
Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025Rhamphomyia variabilisRhamphomyia variabilis2025Rhamphomyia variabilisRhamphomyia variabilis2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus2025Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Cinara (Cinara) piceaeCinara (Cinara) piceae2025Cinara (Cinara) piceaeCinara (Cinara) piceae2025Herina frondescentiaeHerina frondescentiae2025Herina frondescentiaeHerina frondescentiae2025Physocephala nigraPhysocephala nigra2025Physocephala nigraPhysocephala nigra2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea2025Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea2025Ischnopterapion lotiIschnopterapion loti2025Ischnopterapion lotiIschnopterapion loti2025Javesella discolorJavesella discolor2025Javesella discolorJavesella discolor2025Events & activities nearby
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