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The Temple Stones

📷 Bill Harrison · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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57.23797, -2.07956

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦104+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Red-throated Diver and Common Scoter
✦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

🐦104+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Red-throated Diver and Common Scoter
✦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

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Red-throated Diver, Common Scoter, Carrion Crow +101 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Red-throated Diver, Common Scoter, Carrion Crow +101 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Cantharis nigricans, Cream-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird +3 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Cantharis nigricans, Cream-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Whitish Feather-moss · last seen 2025; Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Whitish Feather-moss · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ice House RouteWalking route1.7 km

Named routeLength 1.7 kmLocal walking route

Marram Grass RouteWalking route800 m

Named routeLength 800 mLocal walking route

Beach WalkWalking route600 m

Named routeLength 600 mLocal walking route

Horse RouteWalking route500 m

Named routeLength 500 mLocal walking route

Thyme WalkWalking route3.5 km

Named routeLength 3.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

7,753 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,753 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds108 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Red-throated Diver · Common Scoter · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull +103

Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2024
TealAnas crecca2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GannetMorus bassanus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
MagpiePica pica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
Little TernSternula albifrons2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
GoshawkAstur gentilis2023
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
GreenshankTringa nebularia2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2023
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Great TitParus major2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Bee-eaterMerops apiaster2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
Pallas's WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus2023
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2023
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
WryneckJynx torquilla2023
PuffinFratercula arctica2023
MerlinFalco columbarius2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Rabbit · Harbour Seal · Grey Seal · Red Fox +1

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2024
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
StoatMustela erminea2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2023

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects6 species

springautumn

2025

Cantharis nigricans · Cream-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil · Eristalis tenax +1

Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023

🌿

Plants2 species

autumn

2025

Springy Turf-moss · Whitish Feather-moss

Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,753 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds108 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Red-throated Diver · Common Scoter · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull +103

Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2024
TealAnas crecca2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GannetMorus bassanus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
MagpiePica pica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
Little TernSternula albifrons2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
GoshawkAstur gentilis2023
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
GreenshankTringa nebularia2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2023
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Great TitParus major2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Bee-eaterMerops apiaster2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
Pallas's WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus2023
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2023
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
WryneckJynx torquilla2023
PuffinFratercula arctica2023
MerlinFalco columbarius2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Rabbit · Harbour Seal · Grey Seal · Red Fox +1

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2024
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
StoatMustela erminea2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2023

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects6 species

springautumn

2025

Cantharis nigricans · Cream-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil · Eristalis tenax +1

Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023

🌿

Plants2 species

autumn

2025

Springy Turf-moss · Whitish Feather-moss

Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bill Harrison · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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