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Binghill stone circle

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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57.11216, -2.24073

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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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ 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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Little Grebe, Robin +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Little Grebe, Robin +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Syrphus torvus, Marmalade Hoverfly, Liophloeus tessulatus +55 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Syrphus torvus, Marmalade Hoverfly, Liophloeus tessulatus +55 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Haircap, Silky Wall Feather-moss, Neat Feather-moss +43 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Haircap, Silky Wall Feather-moss, Neat Feather-moss +43 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

40 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Deeside WayCycling route

Named routeRef 195National Cycle Network

NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route

Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

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

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route3.1 km

Named routeRef 1Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route641 m

Named routeRef 195Length 641 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route15 m

Named routeRef 195Length 15 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

20,443 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

20,443 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mallard · Woodpigeon · Teal · Little Grebe · Grey Heron +19

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
TealAnas crecca2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Common Shrew

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common ShrewSorex araneus

🐝

Insects37 species

summer

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus torvus · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Sphaerophoria scripta · Syritta pipiens +32

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
SyrphusSyrphus
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Eudasyphora cyanicolorEudasyphora cyanicolor
Long-horned Black LegionnaireBeris geniculata
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica
Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum
CheilosiaCheilosia
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
Hemicrepidius hirtusHemicrepidius hirtus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis

🌿

Plants42 species

autumn

2025

Common Haircap · Springy Turf-moss · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Silver-moss +37

Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax
Even ScalewortRadula complanata
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
Hypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Atrichum undulatumAtrichum undulatum
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans
Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Girgensohn's Bog-mossSphagnum girgensohnii
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

20,443 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mallard · Woodpigeon · Teal · Little Grebe · Grey Heron +19

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
TealAnas crecca2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Common Shrew

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common ShrewSorex araneus

🐝

Insects37 species

summer

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus torvus · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Sphaerophoria scripta · Syritta pipiens +32

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
SyrphusSyrphus
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Eudasyphora cyanicolorEudasyphora cyanicolor
Long-horned Black LegionnaireBeris geniculata
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica
Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum
CheilosiaCheilosia
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
Hemicrepidius hirtusHemicrepidius hirtus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis

🌿

Plants42 species

autumn

2025

Common Haircap · Springy Turf-moss · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Silver-moss +37

Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax
Even ScalewortRadula complanata
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
Hypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Atrichum undulatumAtrichum undulatum
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans
Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Girgensohn's Bog-mossSphagnum girgensohnii
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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