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Forter Castle

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56.76615, -3.33911

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Little Grebe, Mallard, Tufted Duck +39 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Little Grebe, Mallard, Tufted Duck +39 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Black Clock, Green Tiger Beetle, Common Blue Damselfly +1 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Black Clock, Green Tiger Beetle, Common Blue Damselfly +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Alchemilla acutiloba · last seen 2025; Plants — Alchemilla acutiloba · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cateran TrailWalking route104 km

Blairgowrie

Named routeLength 104 kmRound tripNational walking route

Kirkton of Glenisla Coffin RoadWalking route5.5 km

Named routeLength 5.5 kmLocal walking route

The Monega PassWalking route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

2,165 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,165 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Little Grebe · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Sand Martin · Carrion Crow +37

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
CootFulica atra2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SwiftApus apus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2023
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Great TitParus major2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2021
WigeonMareca penelope2021

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumn

2024

Red Squirrel · Hedgehog · Harvest Mouse

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Black Clock · Green Tiger Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly · Anoplotrupes stercorosus

Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Alchemilla acutiloba

Alchemilla acutilobaAlchemilla acutiloba

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,165 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Little Grebe · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Sand Martin · Carrion Crow +37

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
CootFulica atra2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SwiftApus apus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2023
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Great TitParus major2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2021
WigeonMareca penelope2021

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumn

2024

Red Squirrel · Hedgehog · Harvest Mouse

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Black Clock · Green Tiger Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly · Anoplotrupes stercorosus

Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Alchemilla acutiloba

Alchemilla acutilobaAlchemilla acutiloba

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Trevor Littlewood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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