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Knockhall Castle

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📷 Martyn Gorman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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57.32870, -2.01231

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦114+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Curlew
✦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

🐦114+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Curlew
✦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

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Grey Heron, Curlew, Black-headed Gull +111 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Grey Heron, Curlew, Black-headed Gull +111 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 10-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis intricaria +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 10-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis intricaria +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Wall Speedwell, Yarrow +5 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Wall Speedwell, Yarrow +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Formartine and Buchan WayWalking route86 km

Dyce to Fraserburgh with branch to Peterhead

Named routeLength 86 kmNational walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

25,626 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

25,626 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumnwinter

2026

Wigeon · Teal · Grey Heron · Turnstone · Shelduck +59

WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,626 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumnwinter

2026

Wigeon · Teal · Grey Heron · Turnstone · Shelduck +59

WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Martyn Gorman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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