Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
56.63911, -3.10890
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Yellowhammer
- ✦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
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Yellowhammer
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Yellowhammer, Carrion Crow +57 more · last seen 2023
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Yellowhammer, Carrion Crow +57 more · last seen 2023
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Orange-tip +12 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Shaggy Scalycap, Clustered Toughshank · last seen 2011
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Erythranthe lutea, Sweet Vernal-grass, Meadow Fescue +6 more · last seen 2014
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reedie Market Drove RoadWalking route6 km▾
Named routeLength 6 kmLocal walking route
Westmuir LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Kinnordy LochWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,000 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,000 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · House Sparrow
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Roe Deer · Hedgehog +1
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BeaverCastor fiber2020
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2020▾
Common Toad
Trichadenotecnum sexpunctatum · Cartodere bifasciata · Common Flower Bug · Temnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilis · Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens +3
- Trichadenotecnum sexpunctatumTrichadenotecnum sexpunctatum
- Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- Temnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilisTemnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilis
- Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
- Reuterella helvimaculaReuterella helvimacula
Beech · Spanish Bluebell · Field Pansy · Red-berried Elder · Sycamore +68
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Red-berried ElderSambucus racemosa
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Wild CherryPrunus avium
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,000 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · House Sparrow
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Roe Deer · Hedgehog +1
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BeaverCastor fiber2020
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2020▾
Common Toad
Trichadenotecnum sexpunctatum · Cartodere bifasciata · Common Flower Bug · Temnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilis · Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens +3
- Trichadenotecnum sexpunctatumTrichadenotecnum sexpunctatum
- Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- Temnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilisTemnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilis
- Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
- Reuterella helvimaculaReuterella helvimacula
Beech · Spanish Bluebell · Field Pansy · Red-berried Elder · Sycamore +68
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Red-berried ElderSambucus racemosa
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Wild CherryPrunus avium
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mole
Mole
Talpa europaea2022
Talpa europaea2022
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