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Brechin Community Garden

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 255m 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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 255m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swift, Chaffinch, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Chaffinch, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Tree Bumblebee, Painted Lady, Cuckoo-Spit Insect +13 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Tree Bumblebee, Painted Lady, Cuckoo-Spit Insect +13 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

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Scotland TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,878 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,878 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Swift · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Buzzard · Robin +72

SwiftApus apus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
BuzzardButeo buteo
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2020
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2020
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2020
RookCorvus frugilegus2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
MagpiePica pica
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2020
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
GoosanderMergus merganser2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
Common GullLarus canus2021
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
SiskinSpinus spinus2020
CurlewNumenius arquata2020
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2024
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2020
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2020

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2026

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

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
OtterLutra lutra2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2019

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2025

Tree Bumblebee · Painted Lady · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Taeniopteryx nebulosa · Orange Ladybird +11

Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Taeniopteryx nebulosaTaeniopteryx nebulosa
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Hartigiola annulipesHartigiola annulipes
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2022
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022
Small Fleck-winged SnipeflyRhagio lineola2022
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022
Yellow Evening HawkEphemerella notata2022
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2022
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2020

Giant Bellflower

Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,878 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Swift · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Buzzard · Robin +72

SwiftApus apus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
BuzzardButeo buteo
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2020
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2020
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2020
RookCorvus frugilegus2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
MagpiePica pica
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2020
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
GoosanderMergus merganser2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
Common GullLarus canus2021
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
SiskinSpinus spinus2020
CurlewNumenius arquata2020
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2024
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2020
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2020

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2026

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

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
OtterLutra lutra2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2019

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2025

Tree Bumblebee · Painted Lady · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Taeniopteryx nebulosa · Orange Ladybird +11

Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Taeniopteryx nebulosaTaeniopteryx nebulosa
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Hartigiola annulipesHartigiola annulipes
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2022
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022
Small Fleck-winged SnipeflyRhagio lineola2022
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022
Yellow Evening HawkEphemerella notata2022
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2022
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2020

Giant Bellflower

Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alan Morrison · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

View of Brechin from Hillhead of Burghill Road

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