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✦Heritage🏡Gardens
Dogs welcome
Getting here
57.17082, -2.12996
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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
- 🛝Playground 150m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground 150m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Formartine and Buchan WayWalking route86 km▾
Dyce to Fraserburgh with branch to Peterhead
Named routeLength 86 kmNational 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
20,397 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,397 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit +26
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TealAnas crecca
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SmewMergellus albellus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hawthorn Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird · Phaonia signata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Phaonia signataPhaonia signata
Common Smoothcap · Dilated Scalewort · Common Tamarisk-moss · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss +6
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,397 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit +26
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TealAnas crecca
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SmewMergellus albellus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hawthorn Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird · Phaonia signata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Phaonia signataPhaonia signata
Common Smoothcap · Dilated Scalewort · Common Tamarisk-moss · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss +6
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Crescent-cup Liverwort
Crescent-cup Liverwort
Lunularia cruciata
Lunularia cruciata
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumWaved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatumWaved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatumEven ScalewortRadula complanataEven ScalewortRadula complanataRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum