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South Sutor Gun Emplacements

2 ha

WildlifeBirdsFungi

Dogs welcome2 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Umbellifer Mildew, Rowan Crown, Mallrug, Mallryg +8 more · last seen 2022; Fungi — Umbellifer Mildew, Rowan Crown, Mallrug, Mallryg +8 more · last seen 2022

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sweet Chestnut, Great Wood-rush, Rosebay Willowherb +38 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Sweet Chestnut, Great Wood-rush, Rosebay Willowherb +38 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Myzocallis (Agrioaphis) castanicola, Pegomya hyoscyami, Tree Bumblebee +38 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Myzocallis (Agrioaphis) castanicola, Pegomya hyoscyami, Tree Bumblebee +38 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Cromarty alternativeCycling route

Named routeNational Cycle Network

Eathie MTBCycling route

Named route

Main RouteCycling route69 m

Named routeRef 1Length 69 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route108 m

Named routeRef 1Length 108 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.3 km

Named routeRef 1Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,255 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,255 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

spring

2026

Oystercatcher · Eider · Carrion Crow · Chiffchaff · Herring Gull +49

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Great TitParus major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025

🦌

Mammals9 species

summerautumn

2025

Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Red Squirrel · Whales & Dolphins · Delphinidae · Harbour Seal +4

Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Whales & DolphinsCetacea
DelphinidaeDelphinidae
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects14 species

summer

2025

Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · Syrphus · Myzus (Nectarosiphon) persicae · Myzocallis (Agrioaphis) castanicola · Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae +9

Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
SyrphusSyrphus
Myzus (Nectarosiphon) persicaeMyzus (Nectarosiphon) persicae
Myzocallis (Agrioaphis) castanicolaMyzocallis (Agrioaphis) castanicola
Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum

🌿

Plants20 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Sweet Chestnut · Great Wood-rush · Rush Aster · Harebell · Compact Rush +15

Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Rush AsterSymphyotrichum novi-belgii
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Rosebay Willowherb

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,255 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

spring

2026

Oystercatcher · Eider · Carrion Crow · Chiffchaff · Herring Gull +49

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Great TitParus major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025

🦌

Mammals9 species

summerautumn

2025

Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Red Squirrel · Whales & Dolphins · Delphinidae · Harbour Seal +4

Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Whales & DolphinsCetacea
DelphinidaeDelphinidae
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects14 species

summer

2025

Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · Syrphus · Myzus (Nectarosiphon) persicae · Myzocallis (Agrioaphis) castanicola · Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae +9

Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
SyrphusSyrphus
Myzus (Nectarosiphon) persicaeMyzus (Nectarosiphon) persicae
Myzocallis (Agrioaphis) castanicolaMyzocallis (Agrioaphis) castanicola
Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum

🌿

Plants20 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Sweet Chestnut · Great Wood-rush · Rush Aster · Harebell · Compact Rush +15

Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Rush AsterSymphyotrichum novi-belgii
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Rosebay Willowherb

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mike Searle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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