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Strathmartine Castle

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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56.51444, -3.02427

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Mini-miner · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Mini-miner · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Garden Lady's-mantle · last seen 2024; Plants — Garden Lady's-mantle · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Raven TrailWalking route2.4 km

Get a bird's eye view from the open slopes of Balkello Hill, which has a sweeping vista over Dundee and the Angus coast.

Named routeLength 2.4 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route

Woodland WanderWalking route1.7 km

Wind your way through the young woodland. The native trees growing here are becoming a great home for wildlife.

Named routeLength 1.7 kmDuration 00:30Round tripLocal walking route

Sidlaws View TrailWalking route600 m

Enjoy the panorama of Balkello Hill, Auchterhouse Hill and Balluderon Hill from this gentle trail through the trees.

Named routeLength 600 mDuration 00:15Round tripLocal walking route

Wally's WyndWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Railway PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Green Circular RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

7,189 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,189 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

springsummerwinter

2026

Blackbird · Mute Swan · Chaffinch · Magpie · Moorhen +72

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Aythya marila marilaAythya marila marila2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

summerwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Beaver · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
BeaverCastor fiber2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Common Mini-miner

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Mini-minerAndrena minutula2024

🌿

Plants53 species

summer

2024

Garden Lady's-mantle · Centaurea nigra · Hedge Woundwort · Meadow Vetchling · Gorse +48

Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
GorseUlex europaeus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
BroomCytisus scoparius
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
BeechFagus sylvatica
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
HollyIlex aquifolium
NipplewortLapsana communis
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
OakQuercus
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
AshFraxinus excelsior
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
DandelionTaraxacum
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
CleaversGalium aparine
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
RowanSorbus aucuparia
ElderSambucus nigra
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
TimothyPhleum pratense
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Hairy BindweedCalystegia pulchra
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Red CampionSilene dioica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,189 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

springsummerwinter

2026

Blackbird · Mute Swan · Chaffinch · Magpie · Moorhen +72

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Aythya marila marilaAythya marila marila2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

summerwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Beaver · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
BeaverCastor fiber2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Common Mini-miner

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Mini-minerAndrena minutula2024

🌿

Plants53 species

summer

2024

Garden Lady's-mantle · Centaurea nigra · Hedge Woundwort · Meadow Vetchling · Gorse +48

Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
GorseUlex europaeus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
BroomCytisus scoparius
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
BeechFagus sylvatica
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
HollyIlex aquifolium
NipplewortLapsana communis
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
OakQuercus
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
AshFraxinus excelsior
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
DandelionTaraxacum
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
CleaversGalium aparine
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
RowanSorbus aucuparia
ElderSambucus nigra
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
TimothyPhleum pratense
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Hairy BindweedCalystegia pulchra
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Red CampionSilene dioica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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