Getting here
56.16549, -3.47925
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route▾
Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Loch Leven Heritage TrailWalking route21 km▾
Named routeLength 21 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
NCN 1 Edinburgh to Loch LevenCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 775Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 775National Cycle Network
Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
NCN 1 Loch Leven to DundeeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route446 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 446 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,538 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,538 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Willow Warbler · Robin · Blackbird +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Great TitParus major2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- MagpiePica pica2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- RavenCorvus corax
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2019
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Wood Mouse +2
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2019
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Neoascia tenur · Tetanocera elata · Melanogaster hirtella · Melanostoma mellinum · Black-horned Cleg +15
- Neoascia tenurNeoascia tenur
- Tetanocera elataTetanocera elata
- Melanogaster hirtellaMelanogaster hirtella
- Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum
- Black-horned ClegHaematopota crassicornis
- Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
- Fox Moth
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,538 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Willow Warbler · Robin · Blackbird +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Great TitParus major2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- MagpiePica pica2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- RavenCorvus corax
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2019
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Wood Mouse +2
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2019
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Neoascia tenur · Tetanocera elata · Melanogaster hirtella · Melanostoma mellinum · Black-horned Cleg +15
- Neoascia tenurNeoascia tenur
- Tetanocera elataTetanocera elata
- Melanogaster hirtellaMelanogaster hirtella
- Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum
- Black-horned ClegHaematopota crassicornis
- Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
- Fox Moth
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2019Red FoxVulpes vulpes2019Macrothylacia rubi
Macrothylacia rubi
CinnabarTyria jacobaeaeCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeXyphosia miliariaXyphosia miliariaXyphosia miliariaXyphosia miliariaArgyra elongataArgyra elongataArgyra elongataArgyra elongataSaddleback Grass NematineEuura clitellataSaddleback Grass NematineEuura clitellataScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriTetanocera arrogansTetanocera arrogansTetanocera arrogansTetanocera arrogansPlatycheirus ramsarensisPlatycheirus ramsarensisPlatycheirus ramsarensisPlatycheirus ramsarensisScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaCalliopum geniculatumCalliopum geniculatumCalliopum geniculatumCalliopum geniculatumMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMeiosimyza affinisMeiosimyza affinisMeiosimyza affinisMeiosimyza affinisTenthredopsis nassata/scutellaris agg.Tenthredopsis nassata/scutellaris agg.Tenthredopsis nassata/scutellaris agg.Tenthredopsis nassata/scutellaris agg.Dolichopus atratusDolichopus atratusDolichopus atratusDolichopus atratusEvents & activities nearby
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