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The Biblical Garden

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Getting here

57.65164, -3.30574

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 205m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 205m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· PaidPicnic spotPlaygroundToilets

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Herring Gull +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Herring Gull +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee +48 more · last seen 2025; Insects — White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route

Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

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

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN National Route 79Cycling route

Named routeRef 79National Cycle Network

Elgin - LossiemouthCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

13,257 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,257 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

spring

2026

Herring Gull · Mallard · Moorhen · Chaffinch · Wren +32

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Sitta europaea caesiaSitta europaea caesia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects13 species

summerautumn

2025

Sitona obsoletus · Hydatophylax infumatus · Cyrnus trimaculatus · Mystacides azurea · Goera pilosa +8

Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
Hydatophylax infumatusHydatophylax infumatus
Cyrnus trimaculatusCyrnus trimaculatus
Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea
Goera pilosaGoera pilosa
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum

🌿

Plants25 species

winter

2025

Common Liverwort · Green Field-speedwell · Northern Dead-nettle · Giant Hogweed · Springbeauty +20

Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis2024
Northern Dead-nettleLamium confertum2024
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024
White Wood-rushLuzula luzuloides2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
HonestyLunaria annua2024
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,257 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

spring

2026

Herring Gull · Mallard · Moorhen · Chaffinch · Wren +32

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Sitta europaea caesiaSitta europaea caesia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects13 species

summerautumn

2025

Sitona obsoletus · Hydatophylax infumatus · Cyrnus trimaculatus · Mystacides azurea · Goera pilosa +8

Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
Hydatophylax infumatusHydatophylax infumatus
Cyrnus trimaculatusCyrnus trimaculatus
Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea
Goera pilosaGoera pilosa
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum

🌿

Plants25 species

winter

2025

Common Liverwort · Green Field-speedwell · Northern Dead-nettle · Giant Hogweed · Springbeauty +20

Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis2024
Northern Dead-nettleLamium confertum2024
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024
White Wood-rushLuzula luzuloides2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
HonestyLunaria annua2024
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 don cload · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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