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St Michael's Church

📷 M J Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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55.93720, -3.05384

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 223m away — 16 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 223m away — 16 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Paid

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Wigeon, Black-headed Gull +89 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Oystercatcher, Wigeon, Black-headed Gull +89 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird · last seen 2026

Free

Mountain biking

Good match

Named MTB route nearby: Capital Trail

Varies

Hiking

Moderate match

Named hiking route nearby: Core Paths

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Innocent RailwayWalking route

Named routeRef CEC5

Core PathsWalking route

East Lothian Core Path Network

Named routeLocal walking route

John Muir Way (Edinburgh to Prestonpans)Walking route15.8 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 15.8 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

John Muir Way (Prestonpans to North Berwick)Walking route25 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 25 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

North Esk WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

71 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route RRCycling route

Named routeRef RRLocal cycle route

Quiet Route 10Cycling route

Named routeRef 10Local cycle route

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

NCN National Route 196Cycling route

Named routeRef 196National Cycle Network

John Muir WayCycling route215 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

Dalkeith to Edinburgh via GilmertonCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

218,327 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

218,327 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Oystercatcher · Gadwall · Shelduck · Wigeon · Canada Goose +44

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GadwallMareca strepera
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
WigeonMareca penelope
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
RedshankTringa totanus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Common GullLarus canus
CurlewNumenius arquata
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
TealAnas crecca
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
MagpiePica pica
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Anser anser x Branta canadensisAnser anser x Branta canadensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
DunlinCalidris alpina

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

218,327 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Oystercatcher · Gadwall · Shelduck · Wigeon · Canada Goose +44

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GadwallMareca strepera
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
WigeonMareca penelope
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
RedshankTringa totanus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Common GullLarus canus
CurlewNumenius arquata
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
TealAnas crecca
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
MagpiePica pica
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Anser anser x Branta canadensisAnser anser x Branta canadensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
DunlinCalidris alpina

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 M J Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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