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The Wart

📷 Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

58.82593, -2.98325

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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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Starling, House Sparrow, Oystercatcher +78 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Starling, House Sparrow, Oystercatcher +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bush Vetch, Red Campion, Sea Sandwort +65 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bush Vetch, Red Campion, Sea Sandwort +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Emerald Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Eristalis pertinax +5 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Emerald Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Eristalis pertinax +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Hogweed, Potato, Gooseberry +4 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hoxa HeadWalking route

Named routeOrkney walks

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

6,068 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,068 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

summerautumn

2025

Starling · Hooded Crow · Great Black-backed Gull · Common Gull · Shelduck +57

StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
RedshankTringa totanus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RavenCorvus corax
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
SwallowHirundo rustica
WigeonMareca penelope
CurlewNumenius arquata
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
DunnockPrunella modularis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
DunlinCalidris alpina
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
EiderSomateria mollissima
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
RazorbillAlca torda
LinnetLinaria cannabina
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
TealAnas crecca
GannetMorus bassanus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Common TernSterna hirundo
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Emerald Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly

Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus

🌿

Plants35 species

summer

2025

Yorkshire-fog · Bush Vetch · Potato · Alder · Garden Parsley +30

Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
PotatoSolanum tuberosum
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Garden ParsleyPetroselinum crispum
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,068 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

summerautumn

2025

Starling · Hooded Crow · Great Black-backed Gull · Common Gull · Shelduck +57

StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
RedshankTringa totanus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RavenCorvus corax
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
SwallowHirundo rustica
WigeonMareca penelope
CurlewNumenius arquata
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
DunnockPrunella modularis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
DunlinCalidris alpina
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
EiderSomateria mollissima
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
RazorbillAlca torda
LinnetLinaria cannabina
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
TealAnas crecca
GannetMorus bassanus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Common TernSterna hirundo
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Emerald Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly

Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus

🌿

Plants35 species

summer

2025

Yorkshire-fog · Bush Vetch · Potato · Alder · Garden Parsley +30

Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
PotatoSolanum tuberosum
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Garden ParsleyPetroselinum crispum
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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