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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Goldfinch
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Goldfinch
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — House Sparrow, Goldfinch, Starling +70 more · last seen 2025; Birds — House Sparrow, Goldfinch, Starling +70 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Moray Coast Trail

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN 1 Dundee to Tain

Varies

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Speyside WayWalking route207 km

Named routeLength 207 kmNational walking route

Moray Coast TrailWalking route72 km

Named routeLength 72 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

51 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route

Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

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

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

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

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route45 m

Named routeRef 1Length 45 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

Main RouteCycling route58 m

Named routeRef 1Length 58 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route30 m

Named routeRef 1Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

7,362 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,362 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

winterautumn

2025

House Sparrow · Robin · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Dunnock +31

House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
CurlewNumenius arquata
ShagGulosus aristotelis
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common GullLarus canus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
RedshankTringa totanus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RazorbillAlca torda
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024

🌿

Plants92 species

summer

2024

Common Nettle · Yarrow · Hop Trefoil · Gorse · Common Mouse-ear +87

Common NettleUrtica dioica
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre
GorseUlex europaeus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
CleaversGalium aparine
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
DandelionTaraxacum
DaisyBellis perennis
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
AlderAlnus glutinosa
ElderSambucus nigra
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis
HawkweedHieracium
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
EscalloniaEscallonia rubra var. macrantha
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Rumex crispus subsp. littoreusRumex crispus subsp. littoreus
White CloverTrifolium repens
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Northern DockRumex longifolius
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Thunberg's BarberryBerberis thunbergii
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
BurdockArctium
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Rosa caesiaRosa caesia
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
White CampionSilene latifolia
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
White Ramping-fumitoryFumaria capreolata
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
NipplewortLapsana communis
Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Curled DockRumex crispus
Early Pampas-grassCortaderia richardii
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,362 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

winterautumn

2025

House Sparrow · Robin · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Dunnock +31

House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
CurlewNumenius arquata
ShagGulosus aristotelis
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common GullLarus canus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
RedshankTringa totanus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RazorbillAlca torda
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024

🌿

Plants92 species

summer

2024

Common Nettle · Yarrow · Hop Trefoil · Gorse · Common Mouse-ear +87

Common NettleUrtica dioica
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre
GorseUlex europaeus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
CleaversGalium aparine
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
DandelionTaraxacum
DaisyBellis perennis
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
AlderAlnus glutinosa
ElderSambucus nigra
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis
HawkweedHieracium
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
EscalloniaEscallonia rubra var. macrantha
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Rumex crispus subsp. littoreusRumex crispus subsp. littoreus
White CloverTrifolium repens
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Northern DockRumex longifolius
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Thunberg's BarberryBerberis thunbergii
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
BurdockArctium
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Rosa caesiaRosa caesia
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
White CampionSilene latifolia
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
White Ramping-fumitoryFumaria capreolata
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
NipplewortLapsana communis
Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Curled DockRumex crispus
Early Pampas-grassCortaderia richardii
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Peter Wood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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