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Auldhame Castle

📷 John Ferguson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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56.05286, -2.64002

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦104+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Redshank
✦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

🐦104+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Redshank
✦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

Parking

Best for

3 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Redshank, Eider +101 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Redshank, Eider +101 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

John Muir Way (North Berwick to Dunbar)Walking route23 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 23 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Core PathsWalking route

East Lothian Core Path Network

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

John Muir WayCycling route215 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Go East Lothian TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

64,277 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

64,277 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

winter

2026

Grey Heron · Mallard · Eider · Robin · Blue Tit +66

Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

64,277 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

winter

2026

Grey Heron · Mallard · Eider · Robin · Blue Tit +66

Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 John Ferguson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

A ruined Auldhame Castle

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