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Hallyards Castle

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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56.10857, -3.26931

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
✦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

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
✦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

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Tufted Duck +83 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Tufted Duck +83 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Mesembrina meridiana, Iridescent Centurion, Sepsis punctum +82 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Mesembrina meridiana, Iridescent Centurion, Sepsis punctum +82 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Red Currant, Meadow Crane's-bill · last seen 2025; Plants — Red Currant, Meadow Crane's-bill · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 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

Lochgelly Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routePoint-to-point

Colinswell to DunearnWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Burntisland Outer Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Lochore Meadows Skills LoopCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route1.6 km

Named routeRef 76Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.9 km

Named routeRef 76Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Route 76Cycling route93 m

Named routeRef 76Length 93 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,528 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,528 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummer

2026

Tufted Duck · Carrion Crow · Great Crested Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron +62

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CootFulica atra2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GullsLaridae2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Great TitParus major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2026

Badger · Otter · Roe Deer · Brown Hare

BadgerMeles meles
OtterLutra lutra2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Red Currant · Meadow Crane's-bill

Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,528 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummer

2026

Tufted Duck · Carrion Crow · Great Crested Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron +62

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CootFulica atra2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GullsLaridae2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Great TitParus major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2026

Badger · Otter · Roe Deer · Brown Hare

BadgerMeles meles
OtterLutra lutra2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Red Currant · Meadow Crane's-bill

Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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