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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chaffinch, Siskin, Crossbill +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Siskin, Crossbill +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Pearl-bordered Fritillary +48 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Pearl-bordered Fritillary +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Clevea hyalina, Woolly Fringe-moss, Glittering Wood-moss +270 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Clevea hyalina, Woolly Fringe-moss, Glittering Wood-moss +270 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Wood-rust, Barren Strawberry, Rowan +16 more foraging species

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Solorina saccata, Dermatocarpon miniatum, Peltigera leucophlebia +6 more · last seen 2020; Fungi — Solorina saccata, Dermatocarpon miniatum, Peltigera leucophlebia +6 more · last seen 2020

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lion's Face & CromlinsWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Morrone CircularWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Jock's RoadWalking route20 km

Named routeLength 20 kmLocal walking route

Queen's DriveWalking route3.8 km

Named routeLength 3.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Around Craig LeekWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

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Mountain biking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Scotland TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Cairngorms LoopMountain bike route

Named route

Braemar & Glen ClunieMountain bike route

Named routeRef 1

Around Craig LeekMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Wildlife to spot

2,803 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,803 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

spring

2025

Sand Martin · Chaffinch · Jay · Goldfinch · Wren +30

Sand MartinRiparia riparia
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RobinErithacus rubecula
BuzzardButeo buteo
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
SwallowHirundo rustica
GoosanderMergus merganser
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
SiskinSpinus spinus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common GullLarus canus
CuckooCuculus canorus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐝

Insects5 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Large Red Damselfly · Striped Ladybird · Four-spotted Chaser · Rhinoceros Beetle · Green Tiger Beetle

Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris

🌿

Plants123 species

autumn

2026

Woolly Fringe-moss · Glittering Wood-moss · Ostrich-plume Feather-moss · Big Shaggy-moss · Crisped Neckera +118

Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum2025
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2025
Ostrich-plume Feather-mossPtilium crista-castrensis2025
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2025
Crisped NeckeraNeckera crispa2025
Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2025
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2025
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2025
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024
BearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursi2024
Yellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides2024
Black Mountain GrimmiaSchistidium atrofuscum
Pale Thread-mossBryum pallens2025
Palustriella commutataPalustriella commutata2025
Warnstorf's Bog-mossSphagnum warnstorfii2025
Rigid Bog-mossSphagnum teres2025
Bud-headed Groove-mossAulacomnium androgynum2025
Twisted Bog-mossSphagnum contortum2025
Western EarwortScapania gracilis2025
Black Rock-mossAndreaea rupestris2025
Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2025
Spiky Bog-mossSphagnum squarrosum2025
Common Apple-mossBartramia pomiformis2025
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2025
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2025
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2025
Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.2025
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2025
Red Bog-mossSphagnum capillifolium2025
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2025
Bog Hair-GrassAristavena setacea2024
CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea2024
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2024
HawkweedHieracium2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2024
Mat-grassNardus stricta2024
Eared WillowSalix aurita2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2024
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2024
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2024
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2024
Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Northern BedstrawGalium boreale2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2024
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris2024
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2024
Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum2024
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024
Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2024
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2024
Mountain EverlastingAntennaria dioica2024
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024
JuniperJuniperus communis2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024
Common SedgeCarex nigra2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
RaspberryRubus idaeus2024
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2024
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2024
SpignelMeum athamanticum2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Star SedgeCarex echinata2024
EyebrightEuphrasia2024
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2024
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2024
Creeping WillowSalix repens2024
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2024
Few-flowered Spike-rushEleocharis quinqueflora2024
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2024
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2024
Alpine Lady's-mantleAlchemilla alpina2024
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2024
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2024
European LarchLarix decidua2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
EleocharisEleocharis2024
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Wild ThymeThymus drucei2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,803 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

spring

2025

Sand Martin · Chaffinch · Jay · Goldfinch · Wren +30

Sand MartinRiparia riparia
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RobinErithacus rubecula
BuzzardButeo buteo
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
SwallowHirundo rustica
GoosanderMergus merganser
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
SiskinSpinus spinus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common GullLarus canus
CuckooCuculus canorus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐝

Insects5 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Large Red Damselfly · Striped Ladybird · Four-spotted Chaser · Rhinoceros Beetle · Green Tiger Beetle

Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris

🌿

Plants123 species

autumn

2026

Woolly Fringe-moss · Glittering Wood-moss · Ostrich-plume Feather-moss · Big Shaggy-moss · Crisped Neckera +118

Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum2025
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2025
Ostrich-plume Feather-mossPtilium crista-castrensis2025
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2025
Crisped NeckeraNeckera crispa2025
Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2025
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2025
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2025
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024
BearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursi2024
Yellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides2024
Black Mountain GrimmiaSchistidium atrofuscum
Pale Thread-mossBryum pallens2025
Palustriella commutataPalustriella commutata2025
Warnstorf's Bog-mossSphagnum warnstorfii2025
Rigid Bog-mossSphagnum teres2025
Bud-headed Groove-mossAulacomnium androgynum2025
Twisted Bog-mossSphagnum contortum2025
Western EarwortScapania gracilis2025
Black Rock-mossAndreaea rupestris2025
Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2025
Spiky Bog-mossSphagnum squarrosum2025
Common Apple-mossBartramia pomiformis2025
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2025
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2025
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2025
Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.2025
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2025
Red Bog-mossSphagnum capillifolium2025
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2025
Bog Hair-GrassAristavena setacea2024
CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea2024
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2024
HawkweedHieracium2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2024
Mat-grassNardus stricta2024
Eared WillowSalix aurita2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2024
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2024
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2024
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2024
Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Northern BedstrawGalium boreale2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2024
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris2024
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2024
Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum2024
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024
Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2024
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2024
Mountain EverlastingAntennaria dioica2024
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024
JuniperJuniperus communis2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024
Common SedgeCarex nigra2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
RaspberryRubus idaeus2024
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2024
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2024
SpignelMeum athamanticum2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Star SedgeCarex echinata2024
EyebrightEuphrasia2024
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2024
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2024
Creeping WillowSalix repens2024
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2024
Few-flowered Spike-rushEleocharis quinqueflora2024
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2024
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2024
Alpine Lady's-mantleAlchemilla alpina2024
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2024
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2024
European LarchLarix decidua2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
EleocharisEleocharis2024
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Wild ThymeThymus drucei2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Colin Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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