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Beaton Monument

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56.23436, -2.68637

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 293m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 293m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull +82 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Oystercatcher, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull +82 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Maidenhair Spleenwort, Red Valerian, Sea Rocket +18 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Maidenhair Spleenwort, Red Valerian, Sea Rocket +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Neomyia cornicina, Cheilosia illustrata · last seen 2025; Insects — Neomyia cornicina, Cheilosia illustrata · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Water Mint, Spear-leaved Orache, Rock Samphire

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

65,322 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

65,322 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds87 species

summerautumn

2026

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Redshank · Cormorant +82

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
TealAnas crecca2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
Somateria mollissima mollissimaSomateria mollissima mollissima2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Little AukAlle alle2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Harbour Seal

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects2 species

summerautumn

2025

Neomyia cornicina · Cheilosia illustrata

Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata

🌿

Plants21 species

autumn

2025

Maidenhair Spleenwort · Red Valerian · Sea Rocket · Japanese Rose · Seaside Daisy +16

Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Sea RocketCakile maritima
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Seaside DaisyErigeron glaucus
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Red CampionSilene dioica
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Water MintMentha aquatica
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
TomatoSolanum lycopersicum
Rock SamphireCrithmum maritimum
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

65,322 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds87 species

summerautumn

2026

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Redshank · Cormorant +82

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
TealAnas crecca2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
Somateria mollissima mollissimaSomateria mollissima mollissima2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Little AukAlle alle2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Harbour Seal

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects2 species

summerautumn

2025

Neomyia cornicina · Cheilosia illustrata

Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata

🌿

Plants21 species

autumn

2025

Maidenhair Spleenwort · Red Valerian · Sea Rocket · Japanese Rose · Seaside Daisy +16

Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Sea RocketCakile maritima
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Seaside DaisyErigeron glaucus
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Red CampionSilene dioica
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Water MintMentha aquatica
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
TomatoSolanum lycopersicum
Rock SamphireCrithmum maritimum
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 James Allan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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