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Caiy Stane

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.90232, -3.21319

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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

Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Redwing, Magpie, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Redwing, Magpie, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Gorse Weevil, Marmalade Hoverfly +57 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Gorse Weevil, Marmalade Hoverfly +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Thedgonia ligustrina · last seen 2025; Fungi — Thedgonia ligustrina · last seen 2025

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Cliff Scalewort, Short Pottia, Starry Thyme-moss · last seen 2024; Plants — Cliff Scalewort, Short Pottia, Starry Thyme-moss · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Innocent RailwayWalking route

Named routeRef CEC5

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route

Pentland Way (Glencorse Reservoir to Swanston)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith)Walking route

Named routeRef CEC18Local walking route

John Muir Way (South Queensferry to Edinburgh part 1)Walking route

Named routeRef JMWPoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

122 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route RRCycling route

Named routeRef RRLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 754Cycling route

Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network

Quiet Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

Quiet Route 9Cycling route

Named routeRef 9Local cycle route

Quiet Route 11Cycling route

Named routeRef 11Local cycle route

Greenbank to Meadows Quiet RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Dreghorn-CastlelawMountain bike route

Named route

Bonaly - Glencorse off road cycle routeMountain bike route

Named route

Harlaw-GlencorseMountain bike route

Named route

Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km

Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network

Bavelaw-FlotterstoneMountain bike route

Named route

Black Hill MTBMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

35,695 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

35,695 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

autumnwinter

2026

Redwing · Magpie · Robin · Fieldfare · Bullfinch +43

RedwingTurdus iliacus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Horse

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
HorseEquus ferus2025

🐝

Insects3 species

autumn

2025

Hawthorn Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird

Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

35,695 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

autumnwinter

2026

Redwing · Magpie · Robin · Fieldfare · Bullfinch +43

RedwingTurdus iliacus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Horse

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
HorseEquus ferus2025

🐝

Insects3 species

autumn

2025

Hawthorn Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird

Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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