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Couston Castle

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📷 M J Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

56.05133, -3.33698

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦106+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Wigeon
✦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

🐦106+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Wigeon
✦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

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Wigeon, Black-headed Gull +103 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Wigeon, Black-headed Gull +103 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Fan-bearing Wood-borer, Athripsodes albifrons, Hesperocorixa sahlbergi +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Fan-bearing Wood-borer, Athripsodes albifrons, Hesperocorixa sahlbergi +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem, Jersey Cudweed, Northern Marsh-orchid +2 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem, Jersey Cudweed, Northern Marsh-orchid +2 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route

Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

yellowWalking route1 km

Calais Woods & Duloch Park yellow route

Named routeLength 1 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route

blueWalking route2 km

Calais Woods & Duloch Park blue route

Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route

redWalking route2.5 km

Calais Woods & Duloch Park red route

Named routeLength 2.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

76 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

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

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route2.2 km

Named routeRef 1Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route289 m

Named routeRef 1Length 289 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

57,214 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

57,214 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Peregrine · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Mediterranean Gull +60

PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
RedshankTringa totanus
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Common GullLarus canus
MagpiePica pica
CurlewNumenius arquata
WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
GadwallMareca strepera
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Water RailRallus aquaticus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
SwallowHirundo rustica
Common TernSterna hirundo
GannetMorus bassanus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Hedgehog

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025

🐝

Insects9 species

summer

2025

Fan-bearing Wood-borer · Hesperocorixa sahlbergi · Athripsodes albifrons · Iassus lanio · Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis +4

Fan-bearing Wood-borerPtilinus pectinicornis
Hesperocorixa sahlbergiHesperocorixa sahlbergi
Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons
Iassus lanioIassus lanio
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalisSigara (Sigara) dorsalis
Callicorixa praeustaCallicorixa praeusta

🌿

Plants3 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem · Jersey Cudweed · Northern Marsh-orchid

Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
Jersey CudweedLaphangium luteoalbum2025
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

57,214 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Peregrine · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Mediterranean Gull +60

PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
RedshankTringa totanus
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Common GullLarus canus
MagpiePica pica
CurlewNumenius arquata
WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
GadwallMareca strepera
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Water RailRallus aquaticus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
SwallowHirundo rustica
Common TernSterna hirundo
GannetMorus bassanus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Hedgehog

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025

🐝

Insects9 species

summer

2025

Fan-bearing Wood-borer · Hesperocorixa sahlbergi · Athripsodes albifrons · Iassus lanio · Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis +4

Fan-bearing Wood-borerPtilinus pectinicornis
Hesperocorixa sahlbergiHesperocorixa sahlbergi
Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons
Iassus lanioIassus lanio
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalisSigara (Sigara) dorsalis
Callicorixa praeustaCallicorixa praeusta

🌿

Plants3 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem · Jersey Cudweed · Northern Marsh-orchid

Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
Jersey CudweedLaphangium luteoalbum2025
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 M J Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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