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Hanging Stone

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black Guillemot and Shag
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black Guillemot and Shag
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black Guillemot, Shag, Rock Pipit +89 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Black Guillemot, Shag, Rock Pipit +89 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Common Sorrel, Ribwort Plantain +196 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Common Sorrel, Ribwort Plantain +196 more · last seen 2022

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Sorrel, Hogweed, Mouse-ear-hawkweed +17 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Common Green Grasshopper, Painted Lady +6 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Common Green Grasshopper, Painted Lady +6 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennan to New AberdourWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

2,067 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,067 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

spring

2025

Black Guillemot · Cormorant · Great Black-backed Gull · Shag · Kittiwake +59

Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
RavenCorvus corax
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Common GullLarus canus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Rock DoveColumba livia
CurlewNumenius arquata
EiderSomateria mollissima
GannetMorus bassanus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
RazorbillAlca torda
RobinErithacus rubecula
RedshankTringa totanus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
PuffinFratercula arctica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
TealAnas crecca
WigeonMareca penelope
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MagpiePica pica
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SwallowHirundo rustica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Little AukAlle alle2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Common TernSterna hirundo
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RookCorvus frugilegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

springwinter

2025

Grey Seal · Common Porpoise · Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Roe Deer

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects3 species

autumn

2024

Limonia nubeculosa · Culiseta annulata · Common Shorebug

Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
Common ShorebugSaldula saltatoria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,067 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

spring

2025

Black Guillemot · Cormorant · Great Black-backed Gull · Shag · Kittiwake +59

Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
RavenCorvus corax
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Common GullLarus canus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Rock DoveColumba livia
CurlewNumenius arquata
EiderSomateria mollissima
GannetMorus bassanus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
RazorbillAlca torda
RobinErithacus rubecula
RedshankTringa totanus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
PuffinFratercula arctica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
TealAnas crecca
WigeonMareca penelope
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MagpiePica pica
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SwallowHirundo rustica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Little AukAlle alle2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Common TernSterna hirundo
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RookCorvus frugilegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

springwinter

2025

Grey Seal · Common Porpoise · Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Roe Deer

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects3 species

autumn

2024

Limonia nubeculosa · Culiseta annulata · Common Shorebug

Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
Common ShorebugSaldula saltatoria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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