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Spynie Palace

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📷 Darren Haddock · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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57.67595, -3.29096

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦81+ 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

🐦81+ 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 +78 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chaffinch +78 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

30 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

22,581 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

22,581 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Goosander · Tree Sparrow · Blackbird +45

Mute SwanCygnus olor
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Great TitParus major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
CootFulica atra2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
TealAnas crecca2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
American WigeonMareca americana2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

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Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

22,581 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Goosander · Tree Sparrow · Blackbird +45

Mute SwanCygnus olor
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Great TitParus major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
CootFulica atra2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
TealAnas crecca2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
American WigeonMareca americana2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

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Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Darren Haddock · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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