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✦Heritage
Dogs welcome
Getting here
59.01695, -3.27202
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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
- ✦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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Yesnaby TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RW 49Local walking route
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
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Wildlife to spot
1,510 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,510 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Mute Swan · Gadwall · Mallard · Lapwing · Black-headed Gull +45
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common GullLarus canus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- TealAnas crecca
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Volucella bombylans · Great Yellow Bumblebee · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Helophilus pendulus · Yellow-faced Blowfly +1
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
- Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- Yellow-faced BlowflyCynomya mortuorum2024
- Evacanthus interruptus
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Coltsfoot · Meadow Vetchling · Pineappleweed
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,510 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Mute Swan · Gadwall · Mallard · Lapwing · Black-headed Gull +45
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common GullLarus canus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- TealAnas crecca
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Volucella bombylans · Great Yellow Bumblebee · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Helophilus pendulus · Yellow-faced Blowfly +1
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
- Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- Yellow-faced BlowflyCynomya mortuorum2024
- Evacanthus interruptus
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Coltsfoot · Meadow Vetchling · Pineappleweed
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Evacanthus interruptus2024
Evacanthus interruptus2024
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