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Site of Hall of Ireland Chapel (Medieval)

📷 John Ireland · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew 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

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew 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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Curlew, Oystercatcher, Greylag Goose +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Curlew, Oystercatcher, Greylag Goose +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Plumaria plumosa, Perennial Sow-thistle, Greater Sea-spurrey +115 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Plumaria plumosa, Perennial Sow-thistle, Greater Sea-spurrey +115 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Dandelion, Hogweed, Autumn Hawkbit +5 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Non-biting midges, Moss Carder Bee, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +5 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Non-biting midges, Moss Carder Bee, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +5 more · last seen 2019

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Orkney Prehistory Loop RideCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,945 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,945 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

summerautumn

2025

Curlew · Common Gull · Greylag Goose · Red Grouse (scotica) · Starling +53

CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Common GullLarus canus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
RedshankTringa totanus2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2021
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2023
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
Common TernSterna hirundo2020
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2020
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2020
SwallowHirundo rustica2020
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
WigeonMareca penelope2021
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
RobinErithacus rubecula2021
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2020
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2020
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2020

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Plants16 species

springsummer

2025

Lesser Celandine · Perennial Sow-thistle · Sea Aster · Greater Sea-spurrey · Lesser Spearwort +11

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Sea AsterTripolium pannonicum
Greater Sea-spurreySpergularia media
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Sea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,945 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

summerautumn

2025

Curlew · Common Gull · Greylag Goose · Red Grouse (scotica) · Starling +53

CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Common GullLarus canus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
RedshankTringa totanus2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2021
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2023
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
Common TernSterna hirundo2020
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2020
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2020
SwallowHirundo rustica2020
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
WigeonMareca penelope2021
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
RobinErithacus rubecula2021
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2020
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2020
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2020

🌿

Plants16 species

springsummer

2025

Lesser Celandine · Perennial Sow-thistle · Sea Aster · Greater Sea-spurrey · Lesser Spearwort +11

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Sea AsterTripolium pannonicum
Greater Sea-spurreySpergularia media
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Sea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Ireland · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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