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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
✦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

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
✦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

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Robin, Blackbird +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Blackbird +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Red Campion, Cock's-foot, Annual Wall-rocket +22 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Red Campion, Cock's-foot, Annual Wall-rocket +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Cixius nervosus, Orange Ladybird, White Ermine · last seen 2024; Insects — Cixius nervosus, Orange Ladybird, White Ermine · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

NCN National Route 766Cycling route

Named routeRef 766National Cycle Network

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route244 m

Named routeRef 766Length 244 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route60 m

Named routeRef 766Length 60 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.2 km

Named routeRef 766Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

8,285 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,285 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winterspring

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Carrion Crow +56

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
CurlewNumenius arquata
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GannetMorus bassanus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
EiderSomateria mollissima
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
BuzzardButeo buteo
RedshankTringa totanus
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Stock DoveColumba oenas
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
RazorbillAlca torda
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Common GullLarus canus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Greylag GooseAnser anser
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
RookCorvus frugilegus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
SanderlingCalidris alba
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus

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Mammals5 species

winter

2025

Mole · Rabbit · Red Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer

MoleTalpa europaea
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

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Plants1 species

summer

2025

Red Campion

Red CampionSilene dioica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,285 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winterspring

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Carrion Crow +56

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
CurlewNumenius arquata
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GannetMorus bassanus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
EiderSomateria mollissima
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
BuzzardButeo buteo
RedshankTringa totanus
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Stock DoveColumba oenas
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
RazorbillAlca torda
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Common GullLarus canus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Greylag GooseAnser anser
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
RookCorvus frugilegus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
SanderlingCalidris alba
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus

🦌

Mammals5 species

winter

2025

Mole · Rabbit · Red Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer

MoleTalpa europaea
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Red Campion

Red CampionSilene dioica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 James Allan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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