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Hatton Castle

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57.51229, -2.40701

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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; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Corn Bunting, Kestrel, Blackbird +17 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Corn Bunting, Kestrel, Blackbird +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral +4 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral +4 more · last seen 2019

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Common Toadflax, Himalayan Balsam, Autumn Hawkweed · last seen 2017; Plants — Common Toadflax, Himalayan Balsam, Autumn Hawkweed · last seen 2017

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route

Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route229 m

Named routeRef 1Length 229 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.8 km

Named routeRef 1Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.3 km

Named routeRef 1Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

341 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

341 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds19 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Corn Bunting · Kestrel · Great Tit · Blackbird · Chiffchaff +14

Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great TitParus major2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2021
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
SwiftApus apus2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
DipperCinclus cinclus2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
TealAnas crecca2021
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2018
MerlinFalco columbarius2015

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Pine Marten · Red Squirrel

Pine MartenMartes martes
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2023

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2019

Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Peacock

Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
PeacockAglais io2018

🌿

Plants137 species

autumn

2019

Wavy Hair-Grass · Scots Pine · Bilberry · Tormentil · Heather +132

Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
TormentilPotentilla erecta
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Cuspidate-leaved BrambleRubus mucronulatus2018
Autumn HawkweedHieracium sabaudum2018
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2018
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
RowanSorbus aucuparia
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Northern DockRumex longifolius
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Common CouchElymus repens
Greater PlantainPlantago major
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Chickweed WintergreenLysimachia europaea
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Mat-grassNardus stricta
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
ElderSambucus nigra
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
GorseUlex europaeus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Swedish WhitebeamSorbus intermedia
Steeple-bushSpiraea douglasii
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
European LarchLarix decidua
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
BroomCytisus scoparius
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Luzula multiflora subsp. multifloraLuzula multiflora subsp. multiflora
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Garden Solomon's-sealPolygonatum multiflorum x odoratum = P. x hybridum
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Red CampionSilene dioica
Oval SedgeCarex leporina
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
OsierSalix viminalis
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Velvet BentAgrostis canina
Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius
BeechFagus sylvatica
NipplewortLapsana communis
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Lodgepole PinePinus contorta
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
TimothyPhleum pratense
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
DaisyBellis perennis
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
Marsh VioletViola palustris
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Confused BridewortSpiraea douglasii x salicifolia = S. x pseudosalicifolia2018
OrpineHylotelephium telephium2018
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2018
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2018
SpiraeaSpiraea2018
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis2018
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2018
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

341 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds19 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Corn Bunting · Kestrel · Great Tit · Blackbird · Chiffchaff +14

Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great TitParus major2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2021
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
SwiftApus apus2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
DipperCinclus cinclus2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
TealAnas crecca2021
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2018
MerlinFalco columbarius2015

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Pine Marten · Red Squirrel

Pine MartenMartes martes
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2023

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2019

Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Peacock

Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
PeacockAglais io2018

🌿

Plants137 species

autumn

2019

Wavy Hair-Grass · Scots Pine · Bilberry · Tormentil · Heather +132

Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
TormentilPotentilla erecta
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Cuspidate-leaved BrambleRubus mucronulatus2018
Autumn HawkweedHieracium sabaudum2018
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2018
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
RowanSorbus aucuparia
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Northern DockRumex longifolius
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Common CouchElymus repens
Greater PlantainPlantago major
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Chickweed WintergreenLysimachia europaea
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Mat-grassNardus stricta
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
ElderSambucus nigra
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
GorseUlex europaeus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Swedish WhitebeamSorbus intermedia
Steeple-bushSpiraea douglasii
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
European LarchLarix decidua
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
BroomCytisus scoparius
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Luzula multiflora subsp. multifloraLuzula multiflora subsp. multiflora
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Garden Solomon's-sealPolygonatum multiflorum x odoratum = P. x hybridum
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Red CampionSilene dioica
Oval SedgeCarex leporina
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
OsierSalix viminalis
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Velvet BentAgrostis canina
Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius
BeechFagus sylvatica
NipplewortLapsana communis
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Lodgepole PinePinus contorta
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
TimothyPhleum pratense
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
DaisyBellis perennis
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
Marsh VioletViola palustris
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Confused BridewortSpiraea douglasii x salicifolia = S. x pseudosalicifolia2018
OrpineHylotelephium telephium2018
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2018
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2018
SpiraeaSpiraea2018
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis2018
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2018
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2018