Auldearn Motte
✦ Ancient woodland0 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
57.57764, -3.81229
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Grey Heron +86 more · last seen 2025
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Grey Heron +86 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Shaggy Inkcap, White Domecap, Podosphaera spiraeae +5 more · last seen 2024
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Snowdrop, Yew, Holly +19 more · last seen 2025
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 route117 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 117 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route778 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 778 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Boath Doocot & Motte, Auldearn
Photos
Boath Doocot & Motte, Auldearn
Facilities
🅿️Parking
4 nearby · Free · 105m
Good to know
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Rabbit
Rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus2021
Oryctolagus cuniculus2021
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2021Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2021BadgerMeles meles2020BadgerMeles meles2020Shore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralisShore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralisHartigiola annulipesHartigiola annulipes2023Hartigiola annulipesHartigiola annulipes2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Tree WaspDolichovespula sylvestris2023Tree WaspDolichovespula sylvestris2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus202310-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202310-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2023Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata2022Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata20222023
2023
Meadowsweet RustTriphragmium ulmariae2023Meadowsweet RustTriphragmium ulmariae2023Wood BlewitsLepista nuda2021Wood BlewitsLepista nuda2021Veronica hederifolia
Veronica hederifolia
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraWall Screw-mossTortula muralisWall Screw-mossTortula muralisGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisHeath Star MossCampylopus introflexusHeath Star MossCampylopus introflexusDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansAtrichum undulatumAtrichum undulatumAtrichum undulatumAtrichum undulatumFew-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum2024Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2021Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2021Events & activities nearby
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