🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Herring Gull
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Herring Gull
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
5 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Starling, Herring Gull, House Sparrow +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Starling, Herring Gull, House Sparrow +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
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Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Frizzled Pincushion, Tufted Vetch, Heath Speedwell +51 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Frizzled Pincushion, Tufted Vetch, Heath Speedwell +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
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Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Starling, Herring Gull, House Sparrow +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Starling, Herring Gull, House Sparrow +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
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Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Black Darter, Large Red Damselfly +15 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Black Darter, Large Red Damselfly +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
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Foraging
Good match
Plants — Two-horned Pincerwort, Spear Mint, Ground-elder +1 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Yesnaby TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RW 49Local walking route
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Cycling
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
21,794 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
21,794 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Birds51 species
spring
2025▾
Collared Dove · Herring Gull · Rook · Curlew · House Sparrow +46
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RookCorvus frugilegus
CurlewNumenius arquata
House SparrowPasser domesticus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Rock DoveColumba livia
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
SwallowHirundo rustica
ShagGulosus aristotelis
EiderSomateria mollissima
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Common GullLarus canus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
GannetMorus bassanus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
RavenCorvus corax
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Common TernSterna hirundo
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RazorbillAlca torda
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
SwiftApus apus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
WigeonMareca penelope
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
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Insects8 species
summer
2025▾
Black Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Scathophaga stercoraria +3
