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Belhelvie North Church

📷 Stanley Howe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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57.25713, -2.07370

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Robin +106 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Robin +106 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Bluebell, Sand-hill Screw-moss +56 more · last seen 2025; Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Bluebell, Sand-hill Screw-moss +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Painted Lady +36 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Painted Lady +36 more · last seen 2021

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Hogweed, Crowberry agg., Wild Thyme +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ice House RouteWalking route1.7 km

Named routeLength 1.7 kmLocal walking route

Marram Grass RouteWalking route800 m

Named routeLength 800 mLocal walking route

Beach WalkWalking route600 m

Named routeLength 600 mLocal walking route

Horse RouteWalking route500 m

Named routeLength 500 mLocal walking route

Thyme WalkWalking route3.5 km

Named routeLength 3.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

1,334 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,334 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

summerautumn

2025

Kestrel · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Tree Sparrow · Robin +65

KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
MagpiePica pica
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Bee-eaterMerops apiaster2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
SanderlingCalidris alba2022
RavenCorvus corax
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Great TitParus major2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Locustella naevia naeviaLocustella naevia naevia2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2022
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
GannetMorus bassanus2022
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2021
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2021
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2021
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2021

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Rabbit

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2023

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🌿

Plants5 species

autumn

2025

Sand-hill Screw-moss · Wall Screw-moss · Salmonberry · Rubus latifolius · Cuspidate-leaved Bramble

Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis2022
Rubus latifoliusRubus latifolius2022
Cuspidate-leaved BrambleRubus mucronulatus2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,334 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

summerautumn

2025

Kestrel · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Tree Sparrow · Robin +65

KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
MagpiePica pica
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Bee-eaterMerops apiaster2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
SanderlingCalidris alba2022
RavenCorvus corax
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Great TitParus major2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Locustella naevia naeviaLocustella naevia naevia2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2022
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
GannetMorus bassanus2022
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2021
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2021
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2021
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2021

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Rabbit

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2023

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🌿

Plants5 species

autumn

2025

Sand-hill Screw-moss · Wall Screw-moss · Salmonberry · Rubus latifolius · Cuspidate-leaved Bramble

Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis2022
Rubus latifoliusRubus latifolius2022
Cuspidate-leaved BrambleRubus mucronulatus2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stanley Howe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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