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Dogs welcome
Getting here
56.57323, -4.08387
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Siskin
- ✦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
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Siskin
- ✦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, Siskin, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Siskin, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue, Bilberry Bumblebee, Large Yellow Underwing +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Rock-rose, Bugle, Bluebell +184 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rob Roy WayWalking route127 km▾
Long distance walk from Drymen on Loch Lomond to Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire.
Named routeLength 127 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
Taymouth TrailWalking route4.8 km▾
Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Ben Lawers TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RW 10Local walking route
Black Rock TrailWalking route▾
Good wide paths, inclines up to 20%
Named routeLocal walking route
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
River Tay Way Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Combining portions of NCN 7 and 77 to provide a route between Kenmore and Dundee, roughly following the course of the River Tay
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route95 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 95 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route297 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 297 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route22 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,553 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,553 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSiskin · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Chaffinch +25
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Great TitParus major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Beaver · Hedgehog · Pine Marten · Rabbit
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- BeaverCastor fiber2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Pine MartenMartes martes2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2020▾
Common Toad
Bilberry Bumblebee · Sericostoma personatum · Neureclipsis bimaculata · Green Drake · Lepidostoma hirtum +3
- Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2022
- Neureclipsis bimaculataNeureclipsis bimaculata2022
- Green DrakeEphemera danica2022
- Lepidostoma hirtumLepidostoma hirtum2022
- Athripsodes albifrons
Common Rock-rose · Bugle · Fragrant Agrimony · Common Spotted-orchid · Garden Lady's-mantle +2
- Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2024
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Fragrant AgrimonyAgrimonia procera2024
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2021
- Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
- Hairy BindweedCalystegia pulchra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,553 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSiskin · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Chaffinch +25
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Great TitParus major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Beaver · Hedgehog · Pine Marten · Rabbit
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- BeaverCastor fiber2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Pine MartenMartes martes2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2020▾
Common Toad
Bilberry Bumblebee · Sericostoma personatum · Neureclipsis bimaculata · Green Drake · Lepidostoma hirtum +3
- Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2022
- Neureclipsis bimaculataNeureclipsis bimaculata2022
- Green DrakeEphemera danica2022
- Lepidostoma hirtumLepidostoma hirtum2022
- Athripsodes albifrons
Common Rock-rose · Bugle · Fragrant Agrimony · Common Spotted-orchid · Garden Lady's-mantle +2
- Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2024
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Fragrant AgrimonyAgrimonia procera2024
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2021
- Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
- Hairy BindweedCalystegia pulchra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Athripsodes albifrons2022
Athripsodes albifrons2022
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2021Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2021Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum2021Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum20212021
2021
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2021Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2021