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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
57.17275, -2.17525
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird 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
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, House Sparrow, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, House Sparrow, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Clay-coloured Weevil, Melanostoma scalare +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Intermediate Screw-moss, Giant Hogweed +5 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Formartine and Buchan WayWalking route86 km▾
Dyce to Fraserburgh with branch to Peterhead
Named routeLength 86 kmNational walking route
The Robbers TrailWalking route2.3 km▾
Named routeLength 2.3 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Beech Tree TrailWalking route1.3 km▾
Named routeLength 1.3 kmRound tripLocal walking route
121 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
City Centre<>Airport LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Deeside WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 195National Cycle Network
NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route10 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,550 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,550 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
House Sparrow · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Starling · Blue Tit +22
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Denticollis linearis · Syrphus · Bibio pomonae · Melanostoma +23
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025
- MelanostomaMelanostoma2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Giant Hogweed
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,550 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
House Sparrow · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Starling · Blue Tit +22
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Denticollis linearis · Syrphus · Bibio pomonae · Melanostoma +23
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025
- MelanostomaMelanostoma2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Giant Hogweed
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis2025Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis2025Pteroxanium kelloggiPteroxanium kelloggi2025Pteroxanium kelloggiPteroxanium kelloggi2025Dromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatus2025Dromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatus2025Palloptera umbellatarumPalloptera umbellatarum2025Palloptera umbellatarumPalloptera umbellatarum2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons2025Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons2025Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2025Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Yellow-legged Black LegionnaireBeris morrisii2025Yellow-legged Black LegionnaireBeris morrisii2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Mesopsocus unipunctatusMesopsocus unipunctatus2025Mesopsocus unipunctatusMesopsocus unipunctatus2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025