Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Dogs welcome
Getting here
58.46800, -3.15490
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Starling
- ✦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
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Starling
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Starling, Greylag Goose +57 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Starling, Greylag Goose +57 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Pedunculate Water-starwort, Bulbous Rush, Reed Canary-grass +13 more · last seen 2014
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Great Yellow Bumblebee, Hebrew Character, Clouded Drab +3 more · last seen 2019
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John O'Groats Trail (Wick to Keiss)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG13Local walking route
John O'Groats Trail (Whaligoe to Wick)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG12Local walking route
Photos
Hill of Harland - Cold War ROTOR Radar Station
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
519 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
519 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2024▾
Turnstone · Curlew · Swift · Golden Plover · Pink-footed Goose
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2020
Hedgehog · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra2019
Greater Plantain · Pineappleweed · Spear Thistle · Soft-rush · Perennial Rye-grass +140
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
519 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2024▾
Turnstone · Curlew · Swift · Golden Plover · Pink-footed Goose
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2020
Hedgehog · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra2019
Greater Plantain · Pineappleweed · Spear Thistle · Soft-rush · Perennial Rye-grass +140
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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