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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
57.51396, -2.07041
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Carrion Crow
- ✦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, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — River Water-crowfoot, Rubus anisacanthos, Creeping Buttercup +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Common Darter, Small Copper +4 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Dermatocarpon luridum, Collema flaccidum · last seen 2010
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
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 197Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 197National Cycle Network
Route 194Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 194National 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 route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
1,655 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,655 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Mallard +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- GoosanderMergus merganser2021
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2020
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummerautumn
2023▾
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Darter
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Gorse · Broad-leaved Dock · Sycamore · Daisy · Creeping Buttercup +13
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,655 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Mallard +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- GoosanderMergus merganser2021
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2020
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummerautumn
2023▾
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Darter
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Gorse · Broad-leaved Dock · Sycamore · Daisy · Creeping Buttercup +13
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas