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56.30899, -3.16123

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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

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 — Mute Swan, Carrion Crow, Robin +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Carrion Crow, Robin +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Gorse, Ivy +6 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Gorse, Ivy +6 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Sitona obsoletus, Common Darter · last seen 2025; Insects — Sitona obsoletus, Common Darter · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Columba Way on North FCPWalking route59 km

Entirely on North section of Fife Coastal Path.

Named routeRef CWNFCPLength 59 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 777Cycling route

Named routeRef 777National Cycle Network

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route3.6 km

Named routeRef 777Length 3.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route188 m

Named routeRef 777Length 188 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route28 m

Named routeRef 777Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route662 m

Named routeRef 777Length 662 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

15,077 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,077 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Mallard · Moorhen · Cormorant +39

Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great White EgretArdea alba2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2026

American Mink · Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel

American MinkNeovison vison
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🌿

Plants4 species

winterautumn

2026

Ribwort Plantain · Gorse · Ivy · Maidenhair Spleenwort

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
GorseUlex europaeus
IvyHedera helix
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,077 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Mallard · Moorhen · Cormorant +39

Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great White EgretArdea alba2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2026

American Mink · Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel

American MinkNeovison vison
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🌿

Plants4 species

winterautumn

2026

Ribwort Plantain · Gorse · Ivy · Maidenhair Spleenwort

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
GorseUlex europaeus
IvyHedera helix
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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