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Mercat Cross

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56.22308, -2.68985

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher 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

🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher 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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull +84 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sea Rocket, Maidenhair Spleenwort, Red Valerian +17 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Sea Rocket, Maidenhair Spleenwort, Red Valerian +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Cheilosia illustrata, 7-spot Ladybird · last seen 2025; Insects — Cheilosia illustrata, 7-spot Ladybird · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Toft Terracepublic footpath · 56 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 56 mSurface pavedPath type: path

Wildlife to spot

66,992 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

66,992 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

autumnwinter

2026

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Redshank · Great Black-backed Gull · Cormorant +60

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
MagpiePica pica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Somateria mollissima mollissimaSomateria mollissima mollissima2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Little AukAlle alle2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025

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Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🌿

Plants5 species

autumn

2025

Seaside Daisy · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Japanese Rose · Red Valerian · Wall Cotoneaster

Seaside DaisyErigeron glaucus
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

66,992 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

autumnwinter

2026

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Redshank · Great Black-backed Gull · Cormorant +60

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
MagpiePica pica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Somateria mollissima mollissimaSomateria mollissima mollissima2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Little AukAlle alle2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🌿

Plants5 species

autumn

2025

Seaside Daisy · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Japanese Rose · Red Valerian · Wall Cotoneaster

Seaside DaisyErigeron glaucus
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 kim traynor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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