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Preston Tower

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦109+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 224m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦109+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 224m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Eider +106 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Eider +106 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 — 7-spot Ladybird, Hairy Shieldbug, 14-spot Ladybird +50 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hairy Shieldbug, 14-spot Ladybird +50 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Hedge Woundwort · last seen 2025; Plants — Hedge Woundwort · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Core PathsWalking route

East Lothian Core Path Network

Named routeLocal walking route

John Muir Way (Edinburgh to Prestonpans)Walking route15.8 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 15.8 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

John Muir Way (Prestonpans to North Berwick)Walking route25 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 25 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Pencaitland Railway WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

33 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

1722 WaggonwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

NCN National Route 196Cycling route

Named routeRef 196National Cycle Network

John Muir WayCycling route215 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route

Tynemouth - Edinburgh

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Innerleithen to EdinburghCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

11,678 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,678 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Shag · Woodpigeon · Oystercatcher +54

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
SiskinSpinus spinus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

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Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Harbour Seal · Grey Squirrel

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects4 species

autumn

2026

Marmalade Hoverfly · Phaonia subventa · Red-legged Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,678 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Shag · Woodpigeon · Oystercatcher +54

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
SiskinSpinus spinus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Harbour Seal · Grey Squirrel

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects4 species

autumn

2026

Marmalade Hoverfly · Phaonia subventa · Red-legged Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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