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Fa'side Castle

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📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.92784, -2.99748

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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
✦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

🌞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
🐕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

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Yellowhammer +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Yellowhammer +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Large White, Small White, Meadow Brown +11 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Small White, Meadow Brown +11 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Core PathsWalking route

East Lothian Core Path Network

Named routeLocal walking route

John Muir Way (Edinburgh to Prestonpans)Walking route15.8 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 15.8 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

John Muir Way (Prestonpans to North Berwick)Walking route25 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 25 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

North Esk WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Pencaitland Railway WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

67 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route RRCycling route

Named routeRef RRLocal cycle route

1722 WaggonwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

NCN National Route 196Cycling route

Named routeRef 196National Cycle Network

John Muir WayCycling route215 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route

Tynemouth - Edinburgh

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

6,560 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,560 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

spring

2025

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Tree Sparrow · Rook · Skylark +48

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
RookCorvus frugilegus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
MagpiePica pica
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WhitethroatCurruca communis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Stock DoveColumba oenas
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Common GullLarus canus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Barn OwlTyto alba
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SwiftApus apus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
NuthatchSitta europaea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2025

Roe Deer · Badger · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
BadgerMeles meles
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Small White · Meadow Brown · Peacock · Wall · Large White +2

Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
PeacockAglais io2024
WallLasiommata megera2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,560 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

spring

2025

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Tree Sparrow · Rook · Skylark +48

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
RookCorvus frugilegus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
MagpiePica pica
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WhitethroatCurruca communis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Stock DoveColumba oenas
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Common GullLarus canus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Barn OwlTyto alba
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SwiftApus apus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
NuthatchSitta europaea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2025

Roe Deer · Badger · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
BadgerMeles meles
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Small White · Meadow Brown · Peacock · Wall · Large White +2

Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
PeacockAglais io2024
WallLasiommata megera2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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