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Upswall Broch

📷 Mike Pennington · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦108+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and House Sparrow
✦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

🐦108+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and House Sparrow
✦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 — Starling, House Sparrow, Blackcap +105 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Starling, House Sparrow, Blackcap +105 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Large White +36 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Large White +36 more · last seen 2019

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — encrusting algae indet., Dark red crusts, Polysiphonia +3 more · last seen 2021; Plants — encrusting algae indet., Dark red crusts, Polysiphonia +3 more · last seen 2021

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Hannigarth to Sandwick BeachWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

WoodwickWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Hamars NessWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Hagdale MillWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 10Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

3,934 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,934 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2025

Mallard · Curlew · Redshank · Teal · Wigeon +55

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CurlewNumenius arquata
RedshankTringa totanus
TealAnas crecca
WigeonMareca penelope
Herring GullLarus argentatus
EiderSomateria mollissima
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Common GullLarus canus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
ShagGulosus aristotelis
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
DunlinCalidris alpina
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RavenCorvus corax
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Pallas's Grasshopper WarblerHelopsaltes certhiola
MerlinFalco columbarius
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2024
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RuffCalidris pugnax
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Shetland WrenTroglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
KnotCalidris canutus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
RazorbillAlca torda2023
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2023

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Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2024

Harbour Seal · Grey Seal

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,934 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2025

Mallard · Curlew · Redshank · Teal · Wigeon +55

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CurlewNumenius arquata
RedshankTringa totanus
TealAnas crecca
WigeonMareca penelope
Herring GullLarus argentatus
EiderSomateria mollissima
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Common GullLarus canus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
ShagGulosus aristotelis
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
DunlinCalidris alpina
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RavenCorvus corax
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Pallas's Grasshopper WarblerHelopsaltes certhiola
MerlinFalco columbarius
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2024
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RuffCalidris pugnax
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Shetland WrenTroglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
KnotCalidris canutus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
RazorbillAlca torda2023
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2024

Harbour Seal · Grey Seal

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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