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Getting here

56.09094, -3.65529

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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

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit +82 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit +82 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Cixius cunicularius, Common Red Soldier Beetle +14 more · last seen 2024; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Cixius cunicularius, Common Red Soldier Beetle +14 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Meylan's Pouchwort, Yellow Pimpernel · last seen 2020; Plants — Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Meylan's Pouchwort, Yellow Pimpernel · last seen 2020

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route

Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

West Fife Woodlands WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Devilla Forest and West Fife Cycle Way link routeCycling route

Named route

NCN National Route 764Cycling route

Named routeRef 764National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 76Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route674 m

Named routeRef 76Length 674 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route364 m

Named routeRef 76Length 364 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,353 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,353 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Dunnock +57

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
MagpiePica pica
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
RookCorvus frugilegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JayGarrulus glandarius
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SiskinSpinus spinus
Common GullLarus canus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Greylag GooseAnser anser
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
RavenCorvus corax
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
SwallowHirundo rustica
CurlewNumenius arquata
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Stock DoveColumba oenas
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
TealAnas crecca
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CootFulica atra
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Pine MartenMartes martes2025

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2024

Common Blue Damselfly

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,353 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Dunnock +57

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
MagpiePica pica
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
RookCorvus frugilegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JayGarrulus glandarius
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SiskinSpinus spinus
Common GullLarus canus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Greylag GooseAnser anser
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
RavenCorvus corax
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
SwallowHirundo rustica
CurlewNumenius arquata
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Stock DoveColumba oenas
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
TealAnas crecca
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CootFulica atra
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Pine MartenMartes martes2025

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2024

Common Blue Damselfly

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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