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St Fillan's Church

📷 Jennifer Petrie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

56.05521, -3.29678

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat — Fife Coastal Path passes nearby
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat — Fife Coastal Path passes nearby
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow +85 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow +85 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Gorse, Viper's-bugloss, Herb-Robert +49 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Gorse, Viper's-bugloss, Herb-Robert +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis tenax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Common Red Soldier Beetle +39 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Eristalis tenax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Common Red Soldier Beetle +39 more · last seen 2025

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Fife Coastal Path

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Colinswell to DunearnWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Burntisland Outer Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

The Old North RoadWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

45 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route33 m

Named routeRef 76Length 33 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.2 km

Named routeRef 76Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route43 m

Named routeRef 76Length 43 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route46 m

Named routeRef 76Length 46 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

16,310 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,310 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

summerwinter

2025

Black-headed Gull · Sandwich Tern · Oystercatcher · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +57

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great TitParus major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
EiderSomateria mollissima
MagpiePica pica
Coal TitPeriparus ater
CurlewNumenius arquata
RookCorvus frugilegus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RedshankTringa totanus
Rock DoveColumba livia
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GullLarus canus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
RazorbillAlca torda
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
GannetMorus bassanus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Common TernSterna hirundo
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris

🦌

Mammals6 species

summerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Badger · Red Squirrel · Harbour Seal · Stoat +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
BadgerMeles meles
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2025
StoatMustela erminea2025
Rabbit

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Cinquefoil Mining Sawfly · Speckled Wood +1

Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Cinquefoil Mining SawflyFenella nigrita
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii

🌿

Plants17 species

summer

2025

Gorse · Greater Periwinkle · Harebell · Holly · Wood Sage +12

GorseUlex europaeus
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
HollyIlex aquifolium
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Atlas PoppyPapaver atlanticum
ThriftArmeria maritima

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,310 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

summerwinter

2025

Black-headed Gull · Sandwich Tern · Oystercatcher · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +57

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great TitParus major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
EiderSomateria mollissima
MagpiePica pica
Coal TitPeriparus ater
CurlewNumenius arquata
RookCorvus frugilegus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RedshankTringa totanus
Rock DoveColumba livia
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GullLarus canus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
RazorbillAlca torda
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
GannetMorus bassanus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Common TernSterna hirundo
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris

🦌

Mammals6 species

summerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Badger · Red Squirrel · Harbour Seal · Stoat +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
BadgerMeles meles
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2025
StoatMustela erminea2025
Rabbit

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Cinquefoil Mining Sawfly · Speckled Wood +1

Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Cinquefoil Mining SawflyFenella nigrita
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii

🌿

Plants17 species

summer

2025

Gorse · Greater Periwinkle · Harebell · Holly · Wood Sage +12

GorseUlex europaeus
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
HollyIlex aquifolium
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Atlas PoppyPapaver atlanticum
ThriftArmeria maritima

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jennifer Petrie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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