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Old Marketplace

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ 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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 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, Blackbird, Robin +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Cabbage Stem Weevil, Pine Weevil, Bembidion lampros +64 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Cabbage Stem Weevil, Pine Weevil, Bembidion lampros +64 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Common Feather-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort +28 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Common Feather-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort +28 more · last seen 2023

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Cateran TrailWalking route104 km

Blairgowrie

Named routeLength 104 kmRound tripNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

5,996 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,996 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Robin +39

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House MartinDelichon urbicum
DipperCinclus cinclus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BuzzardButeo buteo
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GoosanderMergus merganser
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MagpiePica pica
MerlinFalco columbarius
SwiftApus apus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SiskinSpinus spinus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SwallowHirundo rustica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
NuthatchSitta europaea
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Mole +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects29 species

springsummer

2025

Pterostichus niger · Bembidion tetracolum · Notiophilus biguttatus · Calathus melanocephalus · Common Sun Beetle +24

Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Bembidion tetracolumBembidion tetracolum
Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
Calathus melanocephalusCalathus melanocephalus
Common Sun BeetleAmara aenea
Trechus quadristriatusTrechus quadristriatus
Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
Anthrenus fuscusAnthrenus fuscus
Stephostethus lardariusStephostethus lardarius
Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)
Amara plebejaAmara plebeja
Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis
Cantharis rufaCantharis rufa
Hemicrepidius hirtusHemicrepidius hirtus
Micrambe ulicisMicrambe ulicis
Pine WeevilHylobius abietis
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis
Sitona sulcifronsSitona sulcifrons
Amara familiarisAmara familiaris
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Bembidion lamprosBembidion lampros
Amara ovataAmara ovata
Amara communisAmara communis
Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Hypnoidus ripariusHypnoidus riparius
Hylastes opacusHylastes opacus
Agonum muelleriAgonum muelleri

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,996 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Robin +39

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House MartinDelichon urbicum
DipperCinclus cinclus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BuzzardButeo buteo
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GoosanderMergus merganser
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MagpiePica pica
MerlinFalco columbarius
SwiftApus apus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SiskinSpinus spinus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SwallowHirundo rustica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
NuthatchSitta europaea
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Mole +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects29 species

springsummer

2025

Pterostichus niger · Bembidion tetracolum · Notiophilus biguttatus · Calathus melanocephalus · Common Sun Beetle +24

Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Bembidion tetracolumBembidion tetracolum
Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
Calathus melanocephalusCalathus melanocephalus
Common Sun BeetleAmara aenea
Trechus quadristriatusTrechus quadristriatus
Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
Anthrenus fuscusAnthrenus fuscus
Stephostethus lardariusStephostethus lardarius
Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)
Amara plebejaAmara plebeja
Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis
Cantharis rufaCantharis rufa
Hemicrepidius hirtusHemicrepidius hirtus
Micrambe ulicisMicrambe ulicis
Pine WeevilHylobius abietis
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis
Sitona sulcifronsSitona sulcifrons
Amara familiarisAmara familiaris
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Bembidion lamprosBembidion lampros
Amara ovataAmara ovata
Amara communisAmara communis
Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Hypnoidus ripariusHypnoidus riparius
Hylastes opacusHylastes opacus
Agonum muelleriAgonum muelleri

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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