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57.17063, -2.10637
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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 ☕ The Liberty Kitchen — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ 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 ☕ The Liberty Kitchen — a good base for a longer summer day out ☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🧺 Picnic spot
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Common Smoothcap, Crescent-cup Liverwort +21 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Common Smoothcap, Crescent-cup Liverwort +21 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug, 2-spot Ladybird, Phloiophilus edwardsii +19 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug, 2-spot Ladybird, Phloiophilus edwardsii +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Formartine and Buchan Way Walking route 86 km ▾
Dyce to Fraserburgh with branch to Peterhead
Named route Length 86 km National walking route
Show on map 117 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
City Centre<>Airport Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Deeside Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 195 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN 1 Dundee to Tain Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Point-to-point National Cycle Network
Show on map EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV1 International cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 10 m ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 10 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
43,511 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 43,511 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie +26
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Teal Anas crecca Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Mute Swan Cygnus olor Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dipper Cinclus cinclus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Eider Somateria mollissima Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Turnstone Arenaria interpres Starling Sturnus vulgaris 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 12 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Melangyna lasiophthalma · Beech Leaf Miner · Parasyrphus punctulatus +7
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Melangyna lasiophthalma Melangyna lasiophthalma Beech Leaf Miner Orchestes fagi Parasyrphus punctulatus Parasyrphus punctulatus Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Common Smoothcap · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Dilated Scalewort · Shining Hookeria · Silky Wall Feather-moss +1
Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Shining Hookeria Hookeria lucens Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 43,511 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie +26
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Teal Anas crecca Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Mute Swan Cygnus olor Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dipper Cinclus cinclus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Eider Somateria mollissima Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Turnstone Arenaria interpres Starling Sturnus vulgaris 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 12 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Melangyna lasiophthalma · Beech Leaf Miner · Parasyrphus punctulatus +7
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Melangyna lasiophthalma Melangyna lasiophthalma Beech Leaf Miner Orchestes fagi Parasyrphus punctulatus Parasyrphus punctulatus Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Common Smoothcap · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Dilated Scalewort · Shining Hookeria · Silky Wall Feather-moss +1
Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Shining Hookeria Hookeria lucens Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anthonomus bituberculatus Anthonomus bituberculatus
Anthonomus bituberculatus Anthonomus bituberculatus
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Phloiophilus edwardsii Phloiophilus edwardsii
Phloiophilus edwardsii Phloiophilus edwardsii
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata
Elipsocus hyalinus Elipsocus hyalinus
Elipsocus hyalinus Elipsocus hyalinus
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum 