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Beam engine house

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56.22692, -3.02817

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
✦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

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
✦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

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Little Grebe +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Little Grebe +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Sneezewort, Common Yellow-sedge, Carnation Sedge +4 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Sneezewort, Common Yellow-sedge, Carnation Sedge +4 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route

Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 766Cycling route

Named routeRef 766National Cycle Network

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

NCN 1 Loch Leven to DundeeCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route199 m

Named routeRef 1Length 199 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route12 m

Named routeRef 1Length 12 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,515 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,515 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds88 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Mallard · Mute Swan · Little Grebe · Moorhen · Coot +83

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
CootFulica atra2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
WigeonMareca penelope
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
RavenCorvus corax
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2022
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2023
Great TitParus major2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
SwiftApus apus2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
RobinErithacus rubecula2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2021
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2020
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2020
DunnockPrunella modularis2020
ScaupAythya marila
Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur2024
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
SmewMergellus albellus2024
GadwallMareca strepera2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
MerlinFalco columbarius2023
QuailCoturnix coturnix2023
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
PintailAnas acuta2022
PochardAythya ferina2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2021
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2020
MagpiePica pica2020
SiskinSpinus spinus2020

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Mammals5 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Brown Hare · Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Roe Deer

Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles meles2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023

🌿

Plants7 species

springsummer

2024

Carnation Sedge · Sneezewort · Common Yellow-sedge · Sand Spurrey · Bugle +2

Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa
Sand SpurreySpergularia rubra
BugleAjuga reptans
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
TormentilPotentilla erecta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,515 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds88 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Mallard · Mute Swan · Little Grebe · Moorhen · Coot +83

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
CootFulica atra2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
WigeonMareca penelope
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
RavenCorvus corax
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2022
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2023
Great TitParus major2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
SwiftApus apus2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
RobinErithacus rubecula2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2021
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2020
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2020
DunnockPrunella modularis2020
ScaupAythya marila
Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur2024
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
SmewMergellus albellus2024
GadwallMareca strepera2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
MerlinFalco columbarius2023
QuailCoturnix coturnix2023
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
PintailAnas acuta2022
PochardAythya ferina2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2021
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2020
MagpiePica pica2020
SiskinSpinus spinus2020

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Brown Hare · Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Roe Deer

Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles meles2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023

🌿

Plants7 species

springsummer

2024

Carnation Sedge · Sneezewort · Common Yellow-sedge · Sand Spurrey · Bugle +2

Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa
Sand SpurreySpergularia rubra
BugleAjuga reptans
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
TormentilPotentilla erecta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Law · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Beam engine house at the former Kilmux Colliery

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