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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Places › Scotland › Highlands and Islands › Orkney Islands Getting here
58.79902, -3.10454
Open directionsv 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
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🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Slavonian Grebe, Whimbrel, Goldeneye +20 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Slavonian Grebe, Whimbrel, Goldeneye +20 more · last seen 2024
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🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Scottish Primrose, Oysterplant, encrusting algae indet. +19 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Scottish Primrose, Oysterplant, encrusting algae indet. +19 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell · last seen 2012; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell · last seen 2012
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Hoxa Head Walking route ▾
Named route Orkney walks
Show on map Photos Switha from Harrabrough Head
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Wildlife to spot
261 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 261 records · National Biodiversity Network Redwing · Common Scoter · Corncrake · Slavonian Grebe · Goldeneye +11
Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Corncrake Crex crex2021 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus2022 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Puffin Fratercula arctica2021 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle2021 Pintail Anas acuta2022 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2021 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus2021 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2021 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2021 Common Gull Larus canus2019 Risso's Dolphin · Grey Seal
Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus2016 Scottish Primrose · encrusting algae indet. · Odonthalia dentata · Plocamium · Oysterplant +12
Scottish Primrose Primula scotica encrusting algae indet. encrusting algae indet.2016 Odonthalia dentata Odonthalia dentata2016 Plocamium Plocamium2016 Oysterplant Mertensia maritima2017 Kallymenia reniformis Kallymenia reniformis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 261 records · National Biodiversity Network Redwing · Common Scoter · Corncrake · Slavonian Grebe · Goldeneye +11
Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Corncrake Crex crex2021 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus2022 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Puffin Fratercula arctica2021 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle2021 Pintail Anas acuta2022 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2021 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus2021 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2021 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2021 Common Gull Larus canus2019 Risso's Dolphin · Grey Seal
Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus2016 Scottish Primrose · encrusting algae indet. · Odonthalia dentata · Plocamium · Oysterplant +12
Scottish Primrose Primula scotica encrusting algae indet. encrusting algae indet.2016 Odonthalia dentata Odonthalia dentata2016 Plocamium Plocamium2016 Oysterplant Mertensia maritima2017 Kallymenia reniformis Kallymenia reniformis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2016
2016
Heterosiphonia plumosa Heterosiphonia plumosa2016
Heterosiphonia plumosa Heterosiphonia plumosa2016
Carrageen Chondrus crispus2016
Carrageen Chondrus crispus2016
Dulse Palmaria palmata2016
Dulse Palmaria palmata2016
Sea Beech Delesseria sanguinea2016
Sea Beech Delesseria sanguinea2016
Polyides rotunda Polyides rotunda2016
Polyides rotunda Polyides rotunda2016
Gracilaria gracilis Gracilaria gracilis2016
Gracilaria gracilis Gracilaria gracilis2016
Membranoptera alata Membranoptera alata2016
Membranoptera alata Membranoptera alata2016
Vertebrata fucoides Vertebrata fucoides2016
Vertebrata fucoides Vertebrata fucoides2016
Phyllophora crispa Phyllophora crispa2016
Phyllophora crispa Phyllophora crispa2016
Maerl indet Maerl indet2016
Maerl indet Maerl indet2016
Coral Weed Corallina officinalis2016
Coral Weed Corallina officinalis2016 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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