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Pitnacree

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Nipplewort, Bugle, Red Campion +192 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Nipplewort, Bugle, Red Campion +192 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Marsh Hawk's-beard, Common Nettle, Wild Strawberry +26 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Pterostichus niger, Spiked Shieldbug, Small Garden Bumblebee +34 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Pterostichus niger, Spiked Shieldbug, Small Garden Bumblebee +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Rob Roy WayWalking route127 km

Long distance walk from Drymen on Loch Lomond to Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire.

Named routeLength 127 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Clunie PathWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Loch A Choire RouteWalking route

Route up to Loch beneath Ben Vrackie. Mostly hiking grade with some mountain hiking beyond Loch A Choire

Named routeLocal walking route

'purple'Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

'blue'Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

45 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

NCN National Route 77Cycling route

Named routeRef 77National Cycle Network

Route 83Cycling route

Named routeRef 83Regional cycle route

Yellow cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route

White cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef WhiteLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,143 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,143 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

springsummer

2025

Tawny Owl · Dunnock · Blackbird · Common Sandpiper · Great Tit +45

Tawny OwlStrix aluco
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
DipperCinclus cinclus
BuzzardButeo buteo
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
CuckooCuculus canorus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JackdawColoeus monedula
SwiftApus apus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SiskinSpinus spinus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus
GoosanderMergus merganser
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Common GullLarus canus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GreenfinchChloris chloris
NuthatchSitta europaea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RobinErithacus rubecula
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhulaPyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis

🦌

Mammals8 species

springautumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Beaver · Mole · Roe Deer · Field Vole +3

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
BeaverCastor fiber2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🐝

Insects10 species

autumn

2025

Pterostichus niger · Spiked Shieldbug · Small Garden Bumblebee · Forest Cuckoo Bee · Field Cuckoo Bee +5

Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris2024
Field Cuckoo BeeBombus campestris2024
Broken-belted BumblebeeBombus soroeensis2024
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
Gypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024

🌿

Plants77 species

summer

2025

Nipplewort · Autumn Hawkbit · Common Cow-wheat · Coltsfoot · Primrose +72

NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
PrimrosePrimula
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024
OceansprayHolodiscus discolor2024
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2024
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024
Shrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa2024
Bird CherryPrunus padus2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2024
GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus2024
CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024
Glaucous Dog-RoseRosa vosagiaca2024
Toad RushJuncus bufonius2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
PolypodiumPolypodium2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
Silver BirchBetula pendula2024
MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
AspenPopulus tremula2024
Michaelmas-DaisyAster2024
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2024
Pyrenean LilyLilium pyrenaicum2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
HawkweedHieracium2024
Grey AlderAlnus incana2024
Marsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosa2024
Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum2024
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
ButterburPetasites hybridus2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Lady's mantleAlchemilla2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2024
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
ElmUlmus2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2024
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Common Blue-sow-thistleCicerbita macrophylla2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,143 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

springsummer

2025

Tawny Owl · Dunnock · Blackbird · Common Sandpiper · Great Tit +45

Tawny OwlStrix aluco
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
DipperCinclus cinclus
BuzzardButeo buteo
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
CuckooCuculus canorus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JackdawColoeus monedula
SwiftApus apus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SiskinSpinus spinus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus
GoosanderMergus merganser
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Common GullLarus canus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GreenfinchChloris chloris
NuthatchSitta europaea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RobinErithacus rubecula
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhulaPyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis

🦌

Mammals8 species

springautumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Beaver · Mole · Roe Deer · Field Vole +3

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
BeaverCastor fiber2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🐝

Insects10 species

autumn

2025

Pterostichus niger · Spiked Shieldbug · Small Garden Bumblebee · Forest Cuckoo Bee · Field Cuckoo Bee +5

Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris2024
Field Cuckoo BeeBombus campestris2024
Broken-belted BumblebeeBombus soroeensis2024
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
Gypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024

🌿

Plants77 species

summer

2025

Nipplewort · Autumn Hawkbit · Common Cow-wheat · Coltsfoot · Primrose +72

NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
PrimrosePrimula
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024
OceansprayHolodiscus discolor2024
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2024
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024
Shrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa2024
Bird CherryPrunus padus2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2024
GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus2024
CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024
Glaucous Dog-RoseRosa vosagiaca2024
Toad RushJuncus bufonius2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
PolypodiumPolypodium2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
Silver BirchBetula pendula2024
MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
AspenPopulus tremula2024
Michaelmas-DaisyAster2024
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2024
Pyrenean LilyLilium pyrenaicum2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
HawkweedHieracium2024
Grey AlderAlnus incana2024
Marsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosa2024
Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum2024
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
ButterburPetasites hybridus2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Lady's mantleAlchemilla2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2024
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
ElmUlmus2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2024
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Common Blue-sow-thistleCicerbita macrophylla2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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