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Abercorn Church

📷 Stan Grove · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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55.99574, -3.47416

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦114+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldeneye and Black-tailed Godwit
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat — John Muir Way passes nearby
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦114+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldeneye and Black-tailed Godwit
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat — John Muir Way passes nearby
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Goldeneye, Black-tailed Godwit, Redwing +111 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Goldeneye, Black-tailed Godwit, Redwing +111 more · last seen 2026

Free

Hiking

Strong match

Named hiking route nearby: John Muir Way (Linlithgow to South Queensferry); Named hiking route nearby: John Muir Way (Linlithgow to South Queensferry)

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 76

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Large White, Peacock +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route

Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route

Forth Bridges TrailWalking route

Named routeRef Forth Bridges TrailPoint-to-pointLocal walking route

John Muir Way (Linlithgow to South Queensferry)Walking route24 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 24 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

107 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

John Muir WayCycling route215 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Edinburgh to Loch LevenCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

NCN National Route 754Cycling route

Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km

Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

12,555 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,555 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

autumnwinter

2026

Goldeneye · Fieldfare · Redwing · Black-tailed Godwit · Curlew +71

GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Great TitParus major2025
Great White EgretArdea alba2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025

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Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,555 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

autumnwinter

2026

Goldeneye · Fieldfare · Redwing · Black-tailed Godwit · Curlew +71

GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Great TitParus major2025
Great White EgretArdea alba2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stan Grove · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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