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Spynie Church Ruins

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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57.67258, -3.29498

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Great Spotted Woodpecker
✦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

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Great Spotted Woodpecker
✦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

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chaffinch +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chaffinch +79 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 — Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly +3 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Moray Coast TrailWalking route72 km

Named routeLength 72 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

29 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

NCN National Route 79Cycling route

Named routeRef 79National Cycle Network

Elgin - LossiemouthCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

22,958 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

22,958 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds84 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Mute Swan · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Little Grebe +79

Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
TealAnas crecca2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwiftApus apus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
American WigeonMareca americana2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025

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Mammals4 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Red Squirrel · Brown Hare · Otter · Pine Marten

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
OtterLutra lutra2025
Pine MartenMartes martes2025

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Tree Bumblebee · Cantharis nigricans +1

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

22,958 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds84 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Mute Swan · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Little Grebe +79

Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
TealAnas crecca2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwiftApus apus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
American WigeonMareca americana2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Red Squirrel · Brown Hare · Otter · Pine Marten

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
OtterLutra lutra2025
Pine MartenMartes martes2025

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Tree Bumblebee · Cantharis nigricans +1

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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