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Getting here

57.04555, -3.04947

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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
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕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
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

5 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, House Martin +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, House Martin +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Mikiola fagi, Large Red Damselfly +17 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Mikiola fagi, Large Red Damselfly +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Alpine Thread-moss · last seen 2025; Plants — Alpine Thread-moss · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ballater/Cambus o'May loopWalking route

Named routeRef YellowLocal walking route

CraigendarrochWalking route

Named routeRef RedLocal walking route

Riverside LoopWalking route

Named routeRef BlueLocal walking route

Deeside WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

AvenueWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Deeside WayCycling route

Named routeRef 195National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route3.4 km

Named routeRef 195Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 195Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route34 m

Named routeRef 195Length 34 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface pavementslabs

Main RouteCycling route172 m

Named routeRef 195Length 172 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route83 m

Named routeRef 195Length 83 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other

🚵

Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ballater & Burn o'Vat CircularMountain bike route

Named routeRef 2

Ballater to Gairnshiel CircularMountain bike route

Named routeRef 3

Scotland TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

6,313 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,313 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds89 species

springsummer

2026

Sparrowhawk · Swift · Capercaillie · Woodpigeon · Willow Warbler +84

SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CapercaillieTetrao urogallus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoshawkAstur gentilis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Mole · Rabbit · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
MoleTalpa europaea2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2025

Adder · Common Lizard

AdderVipera berus
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2026

Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects42 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Broken-belted Bumblebee · Large Red Damselfly · Tree Bumblebee · Emerald Damselfly +37

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Broken-belted BumblebeeBombus soroeensis
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola
Mikiola fagiMikiola fagi
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Northern DamselflyCoenagrion hastulatum
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus
Hartigiola annulipesHartigiola annulipes
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Green Leaf WeevilPhyllobius maculicornis
SyrphusSyrphus
mayfliesEphemeroptera
Marsh DamselbugNabis (Dolichonabis) limbatus2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2024
Ant BeetleThanasimus formicarius2024
Phaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicae2024
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024
5-spot LadybirdCoccinella quinquepunctata2024
Black DarterSympetrum danae2024
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2024
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024
Bee BeetleTrichius fasciatus2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024

🌿

Plants39 species

summer

2025

Hypnum cupressiforme · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Springy Turf-moss · Alpine Thread-moss · Thickpoint Grimmia +34

Hypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Alpine Thread-mossBryum alpinum
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Spiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpa
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2024
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024
Common SedgeCarex nigra2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Star SedgeCarex echinata2024
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2024
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens2024
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2024
Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2024
Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum2024
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2024
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
Shady HorsetailEquisetum pratense2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2024
Wild ThymeThymus drucei2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024
Quaking-grassBriza media2024
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2024
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024
Marsh VioletViola palustris2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
HawkweedHieracium2024
Heath CudweedOmalotheca sylvatica2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,313 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds89 species

springsummer

2026

Sparrowhawk · Swift · Capercaillie · Woodpigeon · Willow Warbler +84

SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CapercaillieTetrao urogallus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoshawkAstur gentilis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Mole · Rabbit · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
MoleTalpa europaea2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2025

Adder · Common Lizard

AdderVipera berus
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2026

Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects42 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Broken-belted Bumblebee · Large Red Damselfly · Tree Bumblebee · Emerald Damselfly +37

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Broken-belted BumblebeeBombus soroeensis
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola
Mikiola fagiMikiola fagi
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Northern DamselflyCoenagrion hastulatum
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus
Hartigiola annulipesHartigiola annulipes
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Green Leaf WeevilPhyllobius maculicornis
SyrphusSyrphus
mayfliesEphemeroptera
Marsh DamselbugNabis (Dolichonabis) limbatus2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2024
Ant BeetleThanasimus formicarius2024
Phaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicae2024
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024
5-spot LadybirdCoccinella quinquepunctata2024
Black DarterSympetrum danae2024
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2024
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024
Bee BeetleTrichius fasciatus2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024

🌿

Plants39 species

summer

2025

Hypnum cupressiforme · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Springy Turf-moss · Alpine Thread-moss · Thickpoint Grimmia +34

Hypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Alpine Thread-mossBryum alpinum
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Spiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpa
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2024
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024
Common SedgeCarex nigra2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Star SedgeCarex echinata2024
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2024
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens2024
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2024
Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2024
Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum2024
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2024
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
Shady HorsetailEquisetum pratense2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2024
Wild ThymeThymus drucei2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024
Quaking-grassBriza media2024
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2024
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024
Marsh VioletViola palustris2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
HawkweedHieracium2024
Heath CudweedOmalotheca sylvatica2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Scott Cormie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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