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New Cemetery

📷 Richard Sutcliffe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Herring Gull
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat — Fife Coastal Path passes nearby
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Herring Gull
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat — Fife Coastal Path passes nearby
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull +80 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull +80 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 — Red Valerian, Japanese Rose, Maidenhair Spleenwort +19 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Red Valerian, Japanese Rose, Maidenhair Spleenwort +19 more · last seen 2026

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Fife Coastal Path

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

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

Signed route nearby

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

67,668 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

67,668 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Oystercatcher · Redshank · Great Black-backed Gull · Herring Gull · Mallard +48

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

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🌿

Plants5 species

autumn

2026

Sad Stock · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Japanese Rose · Red Valerian · Seaside Daisy

Sad StockMatthiola fruticulosa
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Seaside DaisyErigeron glaucus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

67,668 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Oystercatcher · Redshank · Great Black-backed Gull · Herring Gull · Mallard +48

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

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🌿

Plants5 species

autumn

2026

Sad Stock · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Japanese Rose · Red Valerian · Seaside Daisy

Sad StockMatthiola fruticulosa
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Seaside DaisyErigeron glaucus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Sutcliffe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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