Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
58.45556, -3.20078
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Yellow-Line Quaker, Autumnal Moth, Brindled Ochre +23 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Spike-rush, Curled Pondweed, Alternate Water-milfoil +21 more · last seen 2014
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
John O'Groats Trail (Wick to Keiss)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JoG13Local walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (John o' Groats)Mountain bike route223.7 km▾
Named routeLength 223.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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2013
2013
Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2013Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2013Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2013Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2013Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2013Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2013Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2013Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2013Red Sword-grassXylena vetusta2013Red Sword-grassXylena vetusta2013StreakChesias legatella2013StreakChesias legatella2013SatelliteEupsilia transversa2013SatelliteEupsilia transversa2013Silver YAutographa gamma2013Silver YAutographa gamma2013Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendusGreat Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendusBilberry BumblebeeBombus monticolaBilberry BumblebeeBombus monticolaDrinkerEuthrix potatoria2018DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2018Winter MothOperophtera brumata2013Winter MothOperophtera brumata2013Pine CarpetPennithera firmata2013Pine CarpetPennithera firmata2013Small Autumnal MothEpirrita filigrammaria2013Small Autumnal MothEpirrita filigrammaria2013Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2013Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2013Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2013Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2013Common WainscotMythimna pallens2013Common WainscotMythimna pallens2013Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2013Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2013Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2013Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2013Haworth's MinorCelaena haworthii2013Haworth's MinorCelaena haworthii2013Ranunculus
Ranunculus
Jointed RushJuncus articulatusJointed RushJuncus articulatusMonkeyflowerErythranthe guttataMonkeyflowerErythranthe guttataCanadian WaterweedElodea canadensisCanadian WaterweedElodea canadensisBedstrawGaliumBedstrawGaliumMarsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellataMarsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellataFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansBranched Bur-reedSparganium erectumBranched Bur-reedSparganium erectumReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaWater Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioidesWater Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioidesBroad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natansBroad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natansMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreFloating Bur-reedSparganium angustifoliumFloating Bur-reedSparganium angustifoliumSharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorusSharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorusMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaCarex aquatilis x recta = C. x grantiiCarex aquatilis x recta = C. x grantii2013Carex aquatilis x recta = C. x grantiiCarex aquatilis x recta = C. x grantii2013Heracleum sphondylium x mantegazzianumHeracleum sphondylium x mantegazzianum2013Heracleum sphondylium x mantegazzianumHeracleum sphondylium x mantegazzianum2013Events & activities nearby
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