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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Dogs welcome
Getting here
56.46452, -3.19493
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦37+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Greenfinch
- ✦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
- 🐦37+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Greenfinch
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Great Tit +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Great Tit +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Greater Horntail Wasp, Carabus nemoralis, Leptura quadrifasciata · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bogle Burn TrailWalking route▾
The Check Bar RoadWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 77Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 77National Cycle Network
River Tay Way Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Combining portions of NCN 7 and 77 to provide a route between Kenmore and Dundee, roughly following the course of the River Tay
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 77Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.9 km▾
Named routeRef 77Length 3.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route16 m▾
Named routeRef 77Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
6,632 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,632 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Chaffinch · Greenfinch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Coal Tit +18
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
🦌Mammals9 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Rabbit +4
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Weasel
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Greater Horntail Wasp · Carabus nemoralis · Leptura quadrifasciata
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,632 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Chaffinch · Greenfinch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Coal Tit +18
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
🦌Mammals9 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Rabbit +4
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Weasel
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Greater Horntail Wasp · Carabus nemoralis · Leptura quadrifasciata
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mustela nivalis
Mustela nivalis
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024Common ShrewSorex araneus2024Common ShrewSorex araneus2024