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Polish Camp (WWII)

23 ha

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Dogs welcome23 ha

Getting here

56.40383, -2.84214

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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

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wren, Robin, Chaffinch +94 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wren, Robin, Chaffinch +94 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus ribesii, Epistrophe grossulariae +47 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus ribesii, Epistrophe grossulariae +47 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Alder, Sheep's Sorrel, Northern Marsh-orchid +52 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Alder, Sheep's Sorrel, Northern Marsh-orchid +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Sheep's Sorrel, Common Nettle, Wild Thyme +6 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Pinecone TrailWalking route

Named route

Ice House TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Columba Way on North FCPWalking route59 km

Entirely on North section of Fife Coastal Path.

Named routeRef CWNFCPLength 59 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

40 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Pine Cone TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

NCN 1 St Andrews alternativeCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

NCN 1 Loch Leven to DundeeCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route525 m

Named routeLength 525 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,763 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,763 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

summer

2025

Robin · Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Siskin · Wren +60

RobinErithacus rubecula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SiskinSpinus spinus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Common GullLarus canus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GannetMorus bassanus
Great TitParus major
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
DunnockPrunella modularis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
SanderlingCalidris alba
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
DunlinCalidris alpina
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SwiftApus apus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
RedshankTringa totanus
KnotCalidris canutus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
SwallowHirundo rustica
Common TernSterna hirundo
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
RazorbillAlca torda
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Garden WarblerSylvia borin

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerwinter

2025

Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Mole

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Pine MartenMartes martes
MoleTalpa europaea

🐸

Amphibians2 species

wintersummer

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects14 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Admiral · Meadow Brown · Large White · Painted Lady · Speckled Wood +9

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis

🌿

Plants12 species

summerautumn

2025

Herb-Robert · Beech · Alder · White Poplar · Scots Pine +7

Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
BeechFagus sylvatica
AlderAlnus glutinosa
White PoplarPopulus alba
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Water MintMentha aquatica
Knotted Pearlwort

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,763 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

summer

2025

Robin · Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Siskin · Wren +60

RobinErithacus rubecula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SiskinSpinus spinus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Common GullLarus canus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GannetMorus bassanus
Great TitParus major
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
DunnockPrunella modularis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
SanderlingCalidris alba
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
DunlinCalidris alpina
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SwiftApus apus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
RedshankTringa totanus
KnotCalidris canutus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
SwallowHirundo rustica
Common TernSterna hirundo
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
RazorbillAlca torda
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Garden WarblerSylvia borin

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerwinter

2025

Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Mole

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Pine MartenMartes martes
MoleTalpa europaea

🐸

Amphibians2 species

wintersummer

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects14 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Admiral · Meadow Brown · Large White · Painted Lady · Speckled Wood +9

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis

🌿

Plants12 species

summerautumn

2025

Herb-Robert · Beech · Alder · White Poplar · Scots Pine +7

Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
BeechFagus sylvatica
AlderAlnus glutinosa
White PoplarPopulus alba
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Water MintMentha aquatica
Knotted Pearlwort

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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