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Getting here
56.45312, -3.22737
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Great Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Great Tit
- ✦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 — Swallow, Great Tit, Blue Tit +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Swallow, Great Tit, Blue Tit +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral +118 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Lesser Celandine, Star Sedge +152 more · last seen 2021
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 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 route585 m▾
Named routeRef 77Length 585 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.9 km▾
Named routeRef 77Length 3.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 77Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,242 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,242 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Chaffinch · Blackcap · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +28
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Great TitParus major2020
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2021
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Mole +2
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
- Wood Mouse
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2020▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Acrossus rufipes · Greater Horntail Wasp +6
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2021
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2021▾
Common Rock-rose · American Skunk-cabbage
- Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,242 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Chaffinch · Blackcap · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +28
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Great TitParus major2020
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2021
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Mole +2
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
- Wood Mouse
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2020▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Acrossus rufipes · Greater Horntail Wasp +6
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2021
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2021▾
Common Rock-rose · American Skunk-cabbage
- Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Apodemus sylvaticus2023
Apodemus sylvaticus2023
Metoecus paradoxusMetoecus paradoxus2024Metoecus paradoxusMetoecus paradoxus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020