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Camperdown Parish Church

📷 William Starkey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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56.47599, -3.03553

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePicnic spot

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 — Blue Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Limnephilus lunatus, 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +80 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Limnephilus lunatus, 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +80 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Good match

picnic area

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Bogle Burn TrailWalking route

Named 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

The Railway PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Blairfield RoadWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

42 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route

Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN National Route 77Cycling route

Named routeRef 77National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 777Cycling route

Named routeRef 777National Cycle Network

Green Circular RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

15,759 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,759 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds30 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Jay · Blackbird +25

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Black TernChlidonias niger2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Beaver · Red Fox · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
BeaverCastor fiber
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects24 species

summerautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Acrossus rufipes · Carabus problematicus · Red-legged Shieldbug +19

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2025
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Pine WeevilHylobius abietis2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,759 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds30 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Jay · Blackbird +25

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Black TernChlidonias niger2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Beaver · Red Fox · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
BeaverCastor fiber
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects24 species

summerautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Acrossus rufipes · Carabus problematicus · Red-legged Shieldbug +19

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2025
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Pine WeevilHylobius abietis2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 William Starkey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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