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57.62787, -3.31568

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕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
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Rock Dove, Wigeon +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Rock Dove, Wigeon +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell +88 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell +88 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Downy Birch / Silver Birch, Bird's-claw Beard-moss, Streblotrichum convolutum +29 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Downy Birch / Silver Birch, Bird's-claw Beard-moss, Streblotrichum convolutum +29 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route

Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN National Route 79Cycling route

Named routeRef 79National Cycle Network

Elgin - LossiemouthCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

6,733 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,733 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

autumn

2025

Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Dipper · Grey Heron · Mallard +31

Herring GullLarus argentatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DipperCinclus cinclus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
TealAnas crecca
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
SwiftApus apus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WigeonMareca penelope
GadwallMareca strepera
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoosanderMergus merganser
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Rock DoveColumba livia
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
CurlewNumenius arquata
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
JayGarrulus glandarius
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
PochardAythya ferina2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Hedgehog

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2025

10-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Striped Ladybird +6

10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus

🌿

Plants65 species

autumnwinter

2024

Timothy · Hare's-foot Clover · Creeping Buttercup · Broad-leaved Pondweed · Mare's-tail +60

TimothyPhleum pratense
Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
BulrushTypha latifolia
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
Stern's CotoneasterCotoneaster sternianus
OsierSalix viminalis
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
HollyIlex aquifolium
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Intermediate Water-StarwortCallitriche brutia subsp. hamulata
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common CouchElymus repens
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Early Hair-grassAira praecox
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
AshFraxinus excelsior
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
Northern DockRumex longifolius
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Lotus corniculatus var. sativusLotus corniculatus var. sativus
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Common FiddleneckAmsinckia micrantha
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella subsp. acetosella
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Rubus nemoralisRubus nemoralis
Parsley-leaved BrambleRubus laciniatus
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,733 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

autumn

2025

Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Dipper · Grey Heron · Mallard +31

Herring GullLarus argentatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DipperCinclus cinclus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
TealAnas crecca
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
SwiftApus apus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WigeonMareca penelope
GadwallMareca strepera
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoosanderMergus merganser
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Rock DoveColumba livia
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
CurlewNumenius arquata
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
JayGarrulus glandarius
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
PochardAythya ferina2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Hedgehog

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2025

10-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Striped Ladybird +6

10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus

🌿

Plants65 species

autumnwinter

2024

Timothy · Hare's-foot Clover · Creeping Buttercup · Broad-leaved Pondweed · Mare's-tail +60

TimothyPhleum pratense
Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
BulrushTypha latifolia
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
Stern's CotoneasterCotoneaster sternianus
OsierSalix viminalis
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
HollyIlex aquifolium
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Intermediate Water-StarwortCallitriche brutia subsp. hamulata
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common CouchElymus repens
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Early Hair-grassAira praecox
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
AshFraxinus excelsior
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
Northern DockRumex longifolius
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Lotus corniculatus var. sativusLotus corniculatus var. sativus
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Common FiddleneckAmsinckia micrantha
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella subsp. acetosella
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Rubus nemoralisRubus nemoralis
Parsley-leaved BrambleRubus laciniatus
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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