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Rossend Castle

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📷 Graeme Yuill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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56.05873, -3.24020

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦106+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Herring Gull
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 223m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦106+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Herring Gull
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 223m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Eider +103 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Eider +103 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Laburnham, Red Valerian, Ivy +25 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Laburnham, Red Valerian, Ivy +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Gorse Shieldbug, Acericerus heydenii, Trioza centranthi +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gorse Shieldbug, Acericerus heydenii, Trioza centranthi +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Wild Strawberry

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

Colinswell to DunearnWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Burntisland Outer Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

The Old North RoadWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

51 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route30 m

Named routeRef 76Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route278 m

Named routeRef 76Length 278 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route33 m

Named routeRef 76Length 33 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route111 m

Named routeRef 76Length 111 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

14,277 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,277 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winter

2026

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Redshank · Red-breasted Merganser +39

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Seal · Rabbit

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

Acericerus heydenii

Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,277 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winter

2026

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Redshank · Red-breasted Merganser +39

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Seal · Rabbit

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

Acericerus heydenii

Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Graeme Yuill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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