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Largoward Parish Church

📷 Becky Williamson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
🌿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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Tree Sparrow, Blue Tit, Dunnock +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Tree Sparrow, Blue Tit, Dunnock +51 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — White Clover, Californian Poppy, Perennial Rye-grass +109 more · last seen 2025; Plants — White Clover, Californian Poppy, Perennial Rye-grass +109 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Elder, Hogweed, Hawthorn +16 more foraging species

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Darter +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Darter +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route

Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

1,571 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,571 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

summer

2026

Tree Sparrow · Pink-footed Goose · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Robin +28

Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Great TitParus major2021
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Badger · Red Fox +2

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
BadgerMeles meles2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
OtterLutra lutra2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021

🐝

Insects9 species

springsummerautumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Large White · Eupeodes · Large Red Damselfly +4

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
EupeodesEupeodes
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
PeacockAglais io2021
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018
Small WhitePieris rapae2018

🌿

Plants15 species

summer

2025

Californian Poppy · Selfheal · Pot Marigold · White Clover · Scentless Mayweed +10

Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
White CloverTrifolium repens
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2017
Six-rowed BarleyHordeum vulgare2017
Wild-oatAvena fatua2017
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2017
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2017
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2017
ElderSambucus nigra2017
Wild RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum2017
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2017
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2017
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,571 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

summer

2026

Tree Sparrow · Pink-footed Goose · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Robin +28

Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Great TitParus major2021
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Badger · Red Fox +2

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
BadgerMeles meles2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
OtterLutra lutra2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021

🐝

Insects9 species

springsummerautumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Large White · Eupeodes · Large Red Damselfly +4

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
EupeodesEupeodes
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
PeacockAglais io2021
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018
Small WhitePieris rapae2018

🌿

Plants15 species

summer

2025

Californian Poppy · Selfheal · Pot Marigold · White Clover · Scentless Mayweed +10

Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
White CloverTrifolium repens
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2017
Six-rowed BarleyHordeum vulgare2017
Wild-oatAvena fatua2017
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2017
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2017
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2017
ElderSambucus nigra2017
Wild RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum2017
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2017
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2017
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Becky Williamson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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