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Queen Marys Mount

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Dogs welcome

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55.91522, -3.00264

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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

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Wren +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Wren +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Broad Centurion · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Broad Centurion · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Innocent RailwayWalking route

Named routeRef CEC5

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

North Esk WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

72 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route RRCycling route

Named routeRef RRLocal cycle route

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

Dalkeith to Edinburgh via GilmertonCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

13,216 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,216 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

spring

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Chaffinch · Wren · Fieldfare +48

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackbirdTurdus merula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
RookCorvus frugilegus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SwallowHirundo rustica
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Herring GullLarus argentatus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Coal TitPeriparus ater
EiderSomateria mollissima
Alauda arvensis arvensisAlauda arvensis arvensis
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
JayGarrulus glandarius
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
NuthatchSitta europaea

🦌

Mammals3 species

springautumn

2025

Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Badger

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2025

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,216 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

spring

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Chaffinch · Wren · Fieldfare +48

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackbirdTurdus merula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
RookCorvus frugilegus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SwallowHirundo rustica
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Herring GullLarus argentatus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Coal TitPeriparus ater
EiderSomateria mollissima
Alauda arvensis arvensisAlauda arvensis arvensis
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
JayGarrulus glandarius
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
NuthatchSitta europaea

🦌

Mammals3 species

springautumn

2025

Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Badger

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2025

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 kim traynor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Queen Mary's Mount on Carberry Hill

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