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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome
Places › Scotland › Edinburgh and Lothians › East Lothian Getting here
55.88748, -2.83620
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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 🐕 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coal Tit, Robin, Goldcrest +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Coal Tit, Robin, Goldcrest +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Hawker, Emerald Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly +36 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Hawker, Emerald Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Cuckooflower, Wood Anemone · last seen 2025; Plants — Cuckooflower, Wood Anemone · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Core Paths Walking route ▾
East Lothian Core Path Network
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Pencaitland Railway Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 196 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 196 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1 km ▾
Named route Ref 196 Length 1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 17 m ▾
Named route Ref 196 Length 17 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface other
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 362 m ▾
Named route Ref 196 Length 362 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.5 km ▾
Named route Ref 196 Length 1.5 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 102 m ▾
Named route Ref 196 Length 102 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Photos The Skimmer Hills monument
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Wildlife to spot
7,496 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,496 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Jay · Bullfinch · Common Gull · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch +40
Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Brown Hare
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Badger Meles meles Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Darter +17
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Black Darter Cuckooflower · Wood Anemone
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,496 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Jay · Bullfinch · Common Gull · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch +40
Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Brown Hare
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Badger Meles meles Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Darter +17
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Black Darter Cuckooflower · Wood Anemone
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum danae
Sympetrum danae
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
White-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lucorum
White-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lucorum
Bull Woodwasp Sirex juvencus
Bull Woodwasp Sirex juvencus
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Chrysogaster solstitialis Chrysogaster solstitialis
Chrysogaster solstitialis Chrysogaster solstitialis
Denticollis linearis Denticollis linearis
Denticollis linearis Denticollis linearis
Spiked Shieldbug Picromerus bidens
Spiked Shieldbug Picromerus bidens
Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata
Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus
Cantharis cryptica Cantharis cryptica
Cantharis cryptica Cantharis cryptica Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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