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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
56.23722, -2.77592
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Herring Gull
- ✦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
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Herring Gull
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Herring Gull, Tufted Duck +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mallard, Herring Gull, Tufted Duck +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Mesembrina meridiana, Rhingia campestris +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Hogweed, Ribwort Plantain, Creeping Thistle +13 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km▾
Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
Photos
Kellie Castle from the east
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
8,556 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,556 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Little Grebe · Mallard · Coot · Mute Swan +43
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common GullLarus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Weasel · Stoat · Red Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- StoatMustela erminea
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Syrphus · Syrphus ribesii · Mesembrina meridiana · Eristalis pertinax · Platycheirus albimanus +4
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Pedunculate Oak · Sessile Oak · Red Oak · Yellow Corydalis
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea
- Red OakQuercus rubra
- Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,556 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Little Grebe · Mallard · Coot · Mute Swan +43
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common GullLarus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Weasel · Stoat · Red Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- StoatMustela erminea
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Syrphus · Syrphus ribesii · Mesembrina meridiana · Eristalis pertinax · Platycheirus albimanus +4
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Pedunculate Oak · Sessile Oak · Red Oak · Yellow Corydalis
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea
- Red OakQuercus rubra
- Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Emerald Damselfly
Emerald Damselfly
Lestes sponsa
Lestes sponsa
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusBroadbar Clover SawflyTenthredo nothaBroadbar Clover SawflyTenthredo notha