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Balram

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📷 Becky Williamson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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56.07018, -3.29485

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦102+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Teal
✦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

🐦102+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Teal
✦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

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Teal, Carrion Crow +99 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Teal, Carrion Crow +99 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Common Knapweed, Celery-leaved Buttercup +65 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Hogweed, Common Knapweed, Celery-leaved Buttercup +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Mesembrina meridiana, Common Green Grasshopper +38 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Mesembrina meridiana, Common Green Grasshopper +38 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Hawthorn, Rowan +7 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Colinswell to DunearnWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Burntisland Outer Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

The Old North RoadWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

47 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route33 m

Named routeRef 76Length 33 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.2 km

Named routeRef 76Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route43 m

Named routeRef 76Length 43 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route46 m

Named routeRef 76Length 46 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

40,720 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

40,720 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winter

2025

Mallard · Teal · Wigeon · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +54

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TealAnas crecca
WigeonMareca penelope
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Common GullLarus canus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RedshankTringa totanus
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CurlewNumenius arquata
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
EiderSomateria mollissima
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Rock DoveColumba livia
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GadwallMareca strepera
RavenCorvus corax
CootFulica atra
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
LinnetLinaria cannabina
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
SiskinSpinus spinus
SnipeGallinago gallinago

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Badger

BadgerMeles meles

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2025

Greater Periwinkle

Greater PeriwinkleVinca major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

40,720 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winter

2025

Mallard · Teal · Wigeon · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +54

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TealAnas crecca
WigeonMareca penelope
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Common GullLarus canus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RedshankTringa totanus
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CurlewNumenius arquata
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
EiderSomateria mollissima
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Rock DoveColumba livia
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GadwallMareca strepera
RavenCorvus corax
CootFulica atra
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
LinnetLinaria cannabina
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
SiskinSpinus spinus
SnipeGallinago gallinago

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Badger

BadgerMeles meles

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2025

Greater Periwinkle

Greater PeriwinkleVinca major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Becky Williamson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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