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Mercat Cross

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

56.10730, -3.75240

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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
🛝Playground 225m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground 225m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

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 — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +85 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +85 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, Mystacides longicornis · last seen 2025; Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, Mystacides longicornis · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

66 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Route 768Cycling route

Named routeRef 768National Cycle Network

The Devon WayCycling route

Named routeRef 767National Cycle Network

Devilla Forest and West Fife Cycle Way link routeCycling route

Named route

NCN National Route 764Cycling route

Named routeRef 764National Cycle Network

The Devon WayCycling route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

15,311 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,311 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2025

Mallard · Wren · Carrion Crow · Snipe · Woodpigeon +48

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SnipeGallinago gallinago
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
TealAnas crecca
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great TitParus major
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SiskinSpinus spinus
WigeonMareca penelope
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Common GullLarus canus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Rock DoveColumba livia
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Water RailRallus aquaticus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GadwallMareca strepera
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

2-spot Ladybird

2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,311 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2025

Mallard · Wren · Carrion Crow · Snipe · Woodpigeon +48

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SnipeGallinago gallinago
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
TealAnas crecca
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great TitParus major
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SiskinSpinus spinus
WigeonMareca penelope
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Common GullLarus canus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Rock DoveColumba livia
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Water RailRallus aquaticus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GadwallMareca strepera
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

2-spot Ladybird

2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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