St Anne's Episcopal Church
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
57.58678, -4.53870
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Coot
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Coot
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tufted Duck, Coot, Carrion Crow +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Tufted Duck, Coot, Carrion Crow +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dolichovespula saxonica, Bee Beetle, Red Admiral +207 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Thedgonia ligustrina, Mallrug, Mallryg, Gemmamyces piceae +5 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Contin forest and View RockWalking route4.5 km▾
Named routeLength 4.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Rogie Falls Riverside TrailWalking route1.5 km▾
A walk through the woods and along the river taking in the viewpoints at the falls and Raven Crag
Named routeLength 1.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Northern Highlands)Mountain bike route166.4 km▾
Named routeLength 166.4 kmNational Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
23,911 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,911 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Wren · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +45
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TealAnas crecca
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common GullLarus canus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix
- SwiftApus apus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Badger · Brown Rat · Bank Vole +1
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Red Admiral · Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae · Phytomyza varipes · Blackbottle · Common Wasp +29
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
- Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthaeRhopalosiphum oxyacanthae2025
- Phytomyza varipesPhytomyza varipes2025
- BlackbottleProtophormia terraenovae2025
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
- Bee Beetle
Gemmamyces piceae · Mallrug, Mallryg
- Gemmamyces piceaeGemmamyces piceae
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,911 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Wren · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +45
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TealAnas crecca
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common GullLarus canus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix
- SwiftApus apus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Badger · Brown Rat · Bank Vole +1
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Red Admiral · Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae · Phytomyza varipes · Blackbottle · Common Wasp +29
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
- Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthaeRhopalosiphum oxyacanthae2025
- Phytomyza varipesPhytomyza varipes2025
- BlackbottleProtophormia terraenovae2025
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
- Bee Beetle
Gemmamyces piceae · Mallrug, Mallryg
- Gemmamyces piceaeGemmamyces piceae
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Trichius fasciatus2025
Trichius fasciatus2025
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