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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds✦Heritage
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.87836, -2.61157
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦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
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Lapwing, Wheatear, Red Grouse (scotica) +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Lapwing, Wheatear, Red Grouse (scotica) +76 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Peacock, Small Heath, Red Admiral +7 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Peacock, Small Heath, Red Admiral +7 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Petty Whin, Heath Speedwell, Soft-rush +4 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Petty Whin, Heath Speedwell, Soft-rush +4 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Core PathsWalking route▾
East Lothian Core Path Network
Named routeLocal walking route
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Wildlife to spot
3,123 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,123 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wheatear · Lapwing · Meadow Pipit · Sand Martin · Skylark +39
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- TealAnas crecca
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RavenCorvus corax
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Leistus terminatus
- Leistus terminatusLeistus terminatus
Lesser Water-parsnip · Pill Sedge · Brooklime · Petty Whin · Fairy Flax +42
- Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta2024
- Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2024
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024
- Petty WhinGenista anglica
- Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2024
- Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,123 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wheatear · Lapwing · Meadow Pipit · Sand Martin · Skylark +39
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- TealAnas crecca
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RavenCorvus corax
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Leistus terminatus
- Leistus terminatusLeistus terminatus
Lesser Water-parsnip · Pill Sedge · Brooklime · Petty Whin · Fairy Flax +42
- Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta2024
- Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2024
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024
- Petty WhinGenista anglica
- Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2024
- Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
