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Brechin Castle

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📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

56.72904, -2.65918

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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 Tufted Duck
✦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 Tufted Duck
✦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

Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Tufted Duck, Lapwing +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Tufted Duck, Lapwing +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

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Taeniopteryx nebulosa, Orange Ladybird, Hartigiola annulipes +9 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Taeniopteryx nebulosa, Orange Ladybird, Hartigiola annulipes +9 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

MaisondieuWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

LeuchlandWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Brechin Town CircuitWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Trinity CircuitWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Burghill CircuitWalking route

Named route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Scotland TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

7,564 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,564 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds88 species

spring

2025

Mallard · Tufted Duck · Lapwing · Blackbird · Robin +83

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
LapwingVanellus vanellus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BuzzardButeo buteo
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WigeonMareca penelope
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common GullLarus canus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
SwiftApus apus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
MagpiePica pica
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
TealAnas crecca
RedshankTringa totanus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CootFulica atra
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
GadwallMareca strepera2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Apus apus apusApus apus apus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ScaupAythya marila
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2024
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2022

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Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Badger · Roe Deer +1

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
BadgerMeles meles2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🐝

Insects12 species

summer

2025

Taeniopteryx nebulosa · Orange Ladybird · Hartigiola annulipes · Melanostoma scalare · Black Snipefly +7

Taeniopteryx nebulosaTaeniopteryx nebulosa
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Hartigiola annulipesHartigiola annulipes
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2022
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,564 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds88 species

spring

2025

Mallard · Tufted Duck · Lapwing · Blackbird · Robin +83

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
LapwingVanellus vanellus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BuzzardButeo buteo
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WigeonMareca penelope
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common GullLarus canus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
SwiftApus apus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
MagpiePica pica
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
TealAnas crecca
RedshankTringa totanus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CootFulica atra
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
GadwallMareca strepera2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Apus apus apusApus apus apus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ScaupAythya marila
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2024
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Badger · Roe Deer +1

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
BadgerMeles meles2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🐝

Insects12 species

summer

2025

Taeniopteryx nebulosa · Orange Ladybird · Hartigiola annulipes · Melanostoma scalare · Black Snipefly +7

Taeniopteryx nebulosaTaeniopteryx nebulosa
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Hartigiola annulipesHartigiola annulipes
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2022
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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