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Buchanty Mill

📷 Glen Breaden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Mute Swan +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Mute Swan +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Pink Purslane, Hawthorn, Phrymaceae +127 more · last seen 2020; Plants — Pink Purslane, Hawthorn, Phrymaceae +127 more · last seen 2020

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Meadowsweet, Elder +16 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Ringlet · last seen 2016; Insects — Ringlet · last seen 2016

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Auchnafree to NewtonWalking route

Named route

Newton Bridge to DallickWalking route5.7 km

Walkable route respecting curtilage at Dallick. Tracks with a few wet sections. Care needed if livestock in fields.

Named routeLength 5.7 kmLocal walking route

Newton Bridge to AmulreeWalking route7 km

Mostly off road, parts are boggy.

Named routeLength 7 kmLocal walking route

Crieff to DallickWalking route12 km

Partly on old military road with some short tricky sections

Named routeLength 12 kmLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

2,511 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,511 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

summerautumn

2025

Buzzard · Woodpigeon · Wren · Pheasant · Chaffinch +65

BuzzardButeo buteo
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
NuthatchSitta europaea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
LapwingVanellus vanellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
GoosanderMergus merganser2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
SwiftApus apus2022
DipperCinclus cinclus2022
Common GullLarus canus2022
RavenCorvus corax
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Mute SwanCygnus olor
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
WigeonMareca penelope
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
RedshankTringa totanus2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2022

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023

🌿

Plants13 species

spring

2022

European Silver-fir · Bleeding-heart · Primrose · Alder · Melanthiaceae +8

European Silver-firAbies alba
Bleeding-heartDicentra formosa
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
AlderAlnus glutinosa
MelanthiaceaeMelanthiaceae
Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla
Noble FirAbies procera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,511 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

summerautumn

2025

Buzzard · Woodpigeon · Wren · Pheasant · Chaffinch +65

BuzzardButeo buteo
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
NuthatchSitta europaea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
LapwingVanellus vanellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
GoosanderMergus merganser2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
SwiftApus apus2022
DipperCinclus cinclus2022
Common GullLarus canus2022
RavenCorvus corax
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Mute SwanCygnus olor
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
WigeonMareca penelope
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
RedshankTringa totanus2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2022

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023

🌿

Plants13 species

spring

2022

European Silver-fir · Bleeding-heart · Primrose · Alder · Melanthiaceae +8

European Silver-firAbies alba
Bleeding-heartDicentra formosa
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
AlderAlnus glutinosa
MelanthiaceaeMelanthiaceae
Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla
Noble FirAbies procera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Glen Breaden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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