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Thing-Voll Broch

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📷 David Medcalf · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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59.08850, -3.04682

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
✦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

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
✦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

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🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingToilets

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7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Fulmar, Shag, Great Black-backed Gull +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Fulmar, Shag, Great Black-backed Gull +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Melobesioideae, Butterbur, Wavy Bitter-cress +62 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Melobesioideae, Butterbur, Wavy Bitter-cress +62 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Common Blue, Meadow Brown +24 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Common Blue, Meadow Brown +24 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

3 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

Orkney Prehistory Loop RideCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,347 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,347 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

summer

2025

Fulmar · Common Gull · Swallow · Shag · Cormorant +54

FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Common GullLarus canus
SwallowHirundo rustica
ShagGulosus aristotelis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CurlewNumenius arquata
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
RavenCorvus corax
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RookCorvus frugilegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GannetMorus bassanus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedshankTringa totanus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RazorbillAlca torda
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
GadwallMareca strepera
PuffinFratercula arctica
TealAnas crecca
GreenfinchChloris chloris
CootFulica atra
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2024

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2024

Common Blue Damselfly · Common Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans

🌿

Plants19 species

spring

2025

Butterbur · Wavy Bitter-cress · Germander Speedwell · Kidney Vetch · Sticky Mouse-ear +14

ButterburPetasites hybridus
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
Heath Milkwort

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,347 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

summer

2025

Fulmar · Common Gull · Swallow · Shag · Cormorant +54

FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Common GullLarus canus
SwallowHirundo rustica
ShagGulosus aristotelis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CurlewNumenius arquata
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
RavenCorvus corax
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RookCorvus frugilegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GannetMorus bassanus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedshankTringa totanus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RazorbillAlca torda
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
GadwallMareca strepera
PuffinFratercula arctica
TealAnas crecca
GreenfinchChloris chloris
CootFulica atra
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2024

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2024

Common Blue Damselfly · Common Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans

🌿

Plants19 species

spring

2025

Butterbur · Wavy Bitter-cress · Germander Speedwell · Kidney Vetch · Sticky Mouse-ear +14

ButterburPetasites hybridus
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
Heath Milkwort

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Medcalf · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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