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Stonehaven Recreation Grounds

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56.96830, -2.20715

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Molly's — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Molly's — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPicnic spotPlaygroundToilets

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Grey Heron +92 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Grey Heron +92 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Mallow, Coltsfoot, Bush Vetch +31 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Common Mallow, Coltsfoot, Bush Vetch +31 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Syrphus, Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis tenax +30 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Syrphus, Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis tenax +30 more · last seen 2026

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Elsick MounthWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route

Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route2 km

Named routeRef 1Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route4.5 km

Named routeRef 1Length 4.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route955 m

Named routeRef 1Length 955 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route726 m

Named routeRef 1Length 726 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

8,514 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,514 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

summerautumn

2026

Oystercatcher · Grey Heron · Pied Wagtail · Cormorant · Great Black-backed Gull +48

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

wintersummer

2026

Red Squirrel · Otter

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
OtterLutra lutra2025

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2026

Syrphus · Eristalis tenax · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax +10

SyrphusSyrphus2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug

🌿

Plants6 species

autumn

2026

Osier · Coltsfoot · Meadow Crane's-bill · Sea Plantain · Burnet-saxifrage +1

OsierSalix viminalis2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2025
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,514 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

summerautumn

2026

Oystercatcher · Grey Heron · Pied Wagtail · Cormorant · Great Black-backed Gull +48

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

wintersummer

2026

Red Squirrel · Otter

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
OtterLutra lutra2025

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2026

Syrphus · Eristalis tenax · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax +10

SyrphusSyrphus2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug

🌿

Plants6 species

autumn

2026

Osier · Coltsfoot · Meadow Crane's-bill · Sea Plantain · Burnet-saxifrage +1

OsierSalix viminalis2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2025
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Lachlan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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