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Mercat Cross

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦104+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed 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

🐦104+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed 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

Bike parkingParking· FreeToilets

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow +101 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow +101 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Moray Coast TrailWalking route72 km

Named routeLength 72 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Elgin - LossiemouthCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

16,362 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,362 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds106 species

summerautumn

2026

Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Curlew +101

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
WigeonMareca penelope
RedshankTringa totanus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
TealAnas crecca
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
CootFulica atra2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2025

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Mammals1 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,362 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds106 species

summerautumn

2026

Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Curlew +101

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
WigeonMareca penelope
RedshankTringa totanus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
TealAnas crecca
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
CootFulica atra2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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