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Great Hall

📷 Mike Pennington · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦113+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Gannet and Oystercatcher
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦113+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Gannet and Oystercatcher
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Picnic spot

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Gannet, Oystercatcher, Herring Gull +110 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Gannet, Oystercatcher, Herring Gull +110 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Tree Bumblebee, Ferdinandea cuprea +2 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Tree Bumblebee, Ferdinandea cuprea +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Sea Rocket, Bittersweet · last seen 2024; Plants — Sea Rocket, Bittersweet · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

John Muir Way (North Berwick to Dunbar)Walking route23 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 23 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Core PathsWalking route

East Lothian Core Path Network

Named routeLocal walking route

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

Named routeRef JMWLength 25 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

John Muir WayCycling route215 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Go East Lothian TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,487 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,487 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

autumnwinter

2026

Gannet · Shag · Oystercatcher · Eider · Fulmar +69

GannetMorus bassanus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
PuffinFratercula arctica2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Bottle-nosed Dolphin

Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,487 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

autumnwinter

2026

Gannet · Shag · Oystercatcher · Eider · Fulmar +69

GannetMorus bassanus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
PuffinFratercula arctica2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Bottle-nosed Dolphin

Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mike Pennington · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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