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Auchmachar

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

57.54236, -2.08771

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Ringlet, Common Carder Bee · last seen 2011; Insects — Ringlet, Common Carder Bee · last seen 2011

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Heath Cudweed · last seen 2013; Plants — Heath Cudweed · last seen 2013

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 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

🚴

Cycling

14 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

Wildlife to spot

1,024 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,024 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

spring

2025

Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Great Tit +42

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
Great TitParus major2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common GullLarus canus2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2021
LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
Alauda arvensis arvensisAlauda arvensis arvensis2021
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
CurlewNumenius arquata2021
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2019

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2025

Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,024 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

spring

2025

Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Great Tit +42

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
Great TitParus major2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common GullLarus canus2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2021
LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
Alauda arvensis arvensisAlauda arvensis arvensis2021
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
CurlewNumenius arquata2021
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2019

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2025

Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Auchmachar Recumbent Stone Circle (1)

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