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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦114+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldeneye and Black-tailed Godwit
✦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

🐦114+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldeneye and Black-tailed Godwit
✦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

Parking· Free

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Goldeneye, Black-tailed Godwit, Redwing +111 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Goldeneye, Black-tailed Godwit, Redwing +111 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Large White, Peacock +7 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Large White, Peacock +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route

Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route

Forth Bridges TrailWalking route

Named routeRef Forth Bridges TrailPoint-to-pointLocal walking route

John Muir Way (Linlithgow to South Queensferry)Walking route24 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 24 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

106 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational 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 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Edinburgh to Loch LevenCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

NCN National Route 754Cycling route

Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km

Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

12,549 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,549 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds116 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Goldeneye · Black-tailed Godwit · Redwing · Oystercatcher · Curlew +111

GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
CootFulica atra2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Great White EgretArdea alba2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2024
ScaupAythya marila2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

summerautumn

2025

Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Stoat · Fallow Deer

Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
StoatMustela erminea
Fallow DeerDama dama2024

🐝

Insects10 species

summerautumn

2025

Speckled Wood · Large White · Peacock · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral +5

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,549 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds116 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Goldeneye · Black-tailed Godwit · Redwing · Oystercatcher · Curlew +111

GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
CootFulica atra2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Great White EgretArdea alba2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2024
ScaupAythya marila2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

summerautumn

2025

Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Stoat · Fallow Deer

Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
StoatMustela erminea
Fallow DeerDama dama2024

🐝

Insects10 species

summerautumn

2025

Speckled Wood · Large White · Peacock · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral +5

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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