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St James Parish Church

📷 Walter Baxter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦105+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Herring Gull
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦105+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Herring Gull
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕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· FreePicnic spotToilets

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +102 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +102 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, toilets, car park

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

toilets, picnic area

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Moray Coast Trail

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

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

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Elgin - LossiemouthCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

15,315 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,315 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

autumnwinter

2026

Wigeon · Teal · Black-headed Gull · Coal Tit · Crested Tit +58

WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MagpiePica pica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,315 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

autumnwinter

2026

Wigeon · Teal · Black-headed Gull · Coal Tit · Crested Tit +58

WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MagpiePica pica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Walter Baxter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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