Cairn cemetery 700yds (640m) NE of Cateran Hill
3 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
55.50575, -1.82772
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pheasant, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Birds — Pheasant, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Tagell Binc Sbôr Serog, Oyster Mushroom, Turkeytail +155 more · last seen 2017
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bristly Stonewort, Eleocharis, Delicate Stonewort +76 more · last seen 2020
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Summit cairn on Cateran Hill
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Wildlife to spot
1,713 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,713 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pheasant · Carrion Crow · Meadow Pipit · Red-legged Partridge · Woodpigeon +36
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2022
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat · Brown Hare · Natterer's Bat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
Common Hawker · Emerald Damselfly · Black Darter · Southern Hawker · Green Tiger Beetle +3
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus2023
- Cuckoo-Spit Insect
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,713 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pheasant · Carrion Crow · Meadow Pipit · Red-legged Partridge · Woodpigeon +36
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2022
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat · Brown Hare · Natterer's Bat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
Common Hawker · Emerald Damselfly · Black Darter · Southern Hawker · Green Tiger Beetle +3
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus2023
- Cuckoo-Spit Insect
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Philaenus spumarius2023
Philaenus spumarius2023
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2023Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2023