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Getting here
57.52511, -3.20975
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Swift
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Irene's Tearoom — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Swift
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Irene's Tearoom — a good base for a longer summer day out
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Swift, Chaffinch +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mallard, Swift, Chaffinch +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Phrymaceae, Raspberry, Ground-elder +233 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Baudoinia · last seen 2017
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Speyside WayWalking route207 km▾
Named routeLength 207 kmNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 79Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 79National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,302 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,302 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Kingfisher · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Dipper +38
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Red Squirrel · Otter
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- OtterLutra lutra2023
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Gorse Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird +9
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2024
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
- Azure Damselfly
Mugwort · Spring Snowflake · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Monk's-hood · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum +39
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Spring SnowflakeLeucojum vernum
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
- Monk's-hoodAconitum napellus
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,302 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Kingfisher · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Dipper +38
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Red Squirrel · Otter
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- OtterLutra lutra2023
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Gorse Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird +9
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2024
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
- Azure Damselfly
Mugwort · Spring Snowflake · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Monk's-hood · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum +39
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Spring SnowflakeLeucojum vernum
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
- Monk's-hoodAconitum napellus
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coenagrion puella
Coenagrion puella
Black-collared CarverRhogogaster scalarisBlack-collared CarverRhogogaster scalarisUpland Summer MayflyAmeletus inopinatusUpland Summer MayflyAmeletus inopinatusNorthern DamselflyCoenagrion hastulatum2024Northern DamselflyCoenagrion hastulatum2024Ecdyonurus disparEcdyonurus dispar2024Ecdyonurus disparEcdyonurus dispar2024Polydrusus cervinusPolydrusus cervinus2024Polydrusus cervinusPolydrusus cervinus2024Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni2024Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni2024Protonemura meyeriProtonemura meyeri2024Protonemura meyeriProtonemura meyeri2024Zwicknia bifronsZwicknia bifrons2024Zwicknia bifronsZwicknia bifrons2024Hop
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Humulus lupulus2023
Humulus lupulus2023
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023TansyTanacetum vulgareTansyTanacetum vulgareWild CarrotDaucus carotaWild CarrotDaucus carotaMontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiifloraMontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiifloraCorn MarigoldGlebionis segetumCorn MarigoldGlebionis segetumUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaCornflowerCentaurea cyanusCornflowerCentaurea cyanusCrown DaisyGlebionis coronariaCrown DaisyGlebionis coronariaScorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifoliaScorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifoliaGiant BellflowerCampanula latifoliaGiant BellflowerCampanula latifoliaDotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctataDotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctataBlue-thimble-flowerGilia capitataBlue-thimble-flowerGilia capitataLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCrocus neapolitanusCrocus neapolitanusCrocus neapolitanusCrocus neapolitanusYellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea luteaYellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea luteaGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisPeppermintMentha aquatica x spicata = M. x piperita2023PeppermintMentha aquatica x spicata = M. x piperita2023HawkweedHieracium2023HawkweedHieracium2023Heath Fragrant-orchidGymnadenia borealis2023Heath Fragrant-orchidGymnadenia borealis2023Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2023Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2023FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2023FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2023Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2023Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2023French Crane's-billGeranium endressii2023French Crane's-billGeranium endressii2023Remote SedgeCarex remota2023Remote SedgeCarex remota2023Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2023Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2023Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2023Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2023Wood StitchwortStellaria nemorum2023Wood StitchwortStellaria nemorum2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023Intermediate Water-StarwortCallitriche brutia subsp. hamulata2023Intermediate Water-StarwortCallitriche brutia subsp. hamulata2023Dark StonewortNitella opaca2023Dark StonewortNitella opaca2023Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara2023Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara2023AstilbeAstilbe2023AstilbeAstilbe2023Garden PeonyPaeonia officinalis2023Garden PeonyPaeonia officinalis2023Star-Of-BethlehemOrnithogalum umbellatum subsp. campestre2023Star-Of-BethlehemOrnithogalum umbellatum subsp. campestre2023