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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome52 ha
Getting here
57.19357, -2.10617
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 214m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 214m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2026; Nature reserve
Free
Nature reserve; Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Hawthorn Shieldbug, Orange Ladybird +91 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Nature reserve — seasonal wildlife and habitats; Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort, Dilated Scalewort +14 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Formartine and Buchan WayWalking route86 km▾
Dyce to Fraserburgh with branch to Peterhead
Named routeLength 86 kmNational walking route
79 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
City Centre<>Airport LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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 route10 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
24,147 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,147 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Robin · Great Tit · Magpie · Mallard · Woodpigeon +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Seal · Hedgehog
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Sylvicola cinctus · Red-legged Shieldbug
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Sylvicola cinctusSylvicola cinctus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Smoothcap · Dilated Scalewort · Waved Silk-moss · Even Scalewort +11
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
- Even ScalewortRadula complanata
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Shining Hookeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,147 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Robin · Great Tit · Magpie · Mallard · Woodpigeon +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Seal · Hedgehog
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Sylvicola cinctus · Red-legged Shieldbug
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Sylvicola cinctusSylvicola cinctus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Smoothcap · Dilated Scalewort · Waved Silk-moss · Even Scalewort +11
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
- Even ScalewortRadula complanata
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Shining Hookeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hookeria lucens
Hookeria lucens
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinumCommon Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinumSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumFox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurumFox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurumCommon Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatumCommon Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatumCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaGreater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioidesGreater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioidesMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataBlueish VeilwortMetzgeria violaceaBlueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea