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Places › Scotland › North East Scotland › Dundee City Getting here
56.46431, -2.98399
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 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 ☕ Verdant Works Café — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ 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 ☕ Verdant Works Café — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Carrion Crow +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Carrion Crow +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Tree Bumblebee, 2-spot Ladybird, Cuckoo-Spit Insect +22 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Tree Bumblebee, 2-spot Ladybird, Cuckoo-Spit Insect +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Garden Lady's-mantle · last seen 2024; Plants — Garden Lady's-mantle · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fife Coastal Path Walking route 190 km ▾
Named route Ref FCP Length 190 km Point-to-point National walking route
Show on map Columba Way on North FCP Walking route 59 km ▾
Entirely on North section of Fife Coastal Path.
Named route Ref CWNFCP Length 59 km Point-to-point National walking route
Show on map The Railway Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Blairfield Road Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Drovers' Road Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 1 Dundee to Tain Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Point-to-point National Cycle Network
Show on map EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 77 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 77 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 777 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 777 National Cycle Network
Show on map Green Circular Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Kingdom Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
23,305 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 23,305 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Magpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow +35
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 🦌 Mammals 7 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Red Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat +2
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 9 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Brown Chafer · 2-spot Ladybird +4
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eupeodes Eupeodes Brown Chafer Serica brunnea 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 23,305 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Magpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow +35
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 🦌 Mammals 7 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Red Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat +2
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 9 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Brown Chafer · 2-spot Ladybird +4
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eupeodes Eupeodes Brown Chafer Serica brunnea 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Hairy Shieldbug
Hairy Shieldbug
Dolycoris baccarum
Dolycoris baccarum
Cantharis nigricans Cantharis nigricans
Cantharis nigricans Cantharis nigricans
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis 