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Phantassie Doocot

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦111+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blackbird
✦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

🐦111+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blackbird
✦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

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +108 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +108 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Speckled Wood, Small White +28 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Speckled Wood, Small White +28 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Clustered Bellflower, Kidney Vetch, Common Rock-rose +4 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Clustered Bellflower, Kidney Vetch, Common Rock-rose +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

John Muir Way (North Berwick to Dunbar)Walking route23 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 23 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Core PathsWalking route

East Lothian Core Path Network

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Dunbar LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

John Muir WayCycling route215 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route727 m

Named routeRef 76Length 727 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.1 km

Named routeRef 76Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route594 m

Named routeRef 76Length 594 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Go East Lothian TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

14,468 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,468 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

autumn

2026

Carrion Crow · Mallard · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Rock Dove +77

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Birch Shieldbug · Eudasyphora cyanella · Pea-leaf Weevil · Hawthorn Shieldbug

Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,468 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

autumn

2026

Carrion Crow · Mallard · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Rock Dove +77

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Birch Shieldbug · Eudasyphora cyanella · Pea-leaf Weevil · Hawthorn Shieldbug

Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 kim traynor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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