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Kelly Castle

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Dogs welcome0 ha

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56.55182, -2.63951

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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

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Herring Gull, Jackdaw +83 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Herring Gull, Jackdaw +83 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, a weevil, Blue-tailed Damselfly +3 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, a weevil, Blue-tailed Damselfly +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Arbroath to Auchmithie Coastal PathWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

32 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route

Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

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

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Three Mile Wood alternativeCycling route

Named routeNational Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route425 m

Named routeRef 1Length 425 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route138 m

Named routeRef 1Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route23 m

Named routeRef 1Length 23 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

11,269 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,269 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

summerautumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Starling · Carrion Crow · Pied Wagtail +59

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025

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Mammals5 species

summerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Feral Ferret · Mole · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Feral FerretMustela putorius subsp. furo
MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025

🐝

Insects2 species

summerautumn

2025

Red-legged Shieldbug · a weevil

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
a weevilCurculionidae

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,269 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

summerautumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Starling · Carrion Crow · Pied Wagtail +59

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

summerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Feral Ferret · Mole · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Feral FerretMustela putorius subsp. furo
MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025

🐝

Insects2 species

summerautumn

2025

Red-legged Shieldbug · a weevil

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
a weevilCurculionidae

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 James Allan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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