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The Egg Box

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📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
🐕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
🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
🐕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

Parking

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 — Swift, Blackbird, House Martin +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Blackbird, House Martin +71 more · last seen 2025

Free

Farm visits

Strong match

Farm shop

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Orange Ladybird, Hartigiola annulipes, Melanostoma scalare +1 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Orange Ladybird, Hartigiola annulipes, Melanostoma scalare +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mountain biking

Good match

Named MTB route nearby: Scotland Trail

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

MaisondieuWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

LeuchlandWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Brechin Town CircuitWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Trinity CircuitWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Burghill CircuitWalking route

Named route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Scotland TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,808 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,808 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

springsummer

2025

Swift · Blackbird · House Martin · Chaffinch · House Sparrow +71

SwiftApus apus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House MartinDelichon urbicum
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great TitParus major
BuzzardButeo buteo
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2020
MagpiePica pica
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2020
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Rock DoveColumba livia
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
SiskinSpinus spinus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Apus apus apusApus apus apus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
CurlewNumenius arquata2020
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2020
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2024
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
Barn OwlTyto alba2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
JayGarrulus glandarius2020
Common GullLarus canus2020
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2020
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
GoosanderMergus merganser2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
DipperCinclus cinclus2020

🦌

Mammals6 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Roe Deer +1

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
OtterLutra lutra2020

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Orange Ladybird · Hartigiola annulipes · Melanostoma scalare · Tree Bumblebee

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Hartigiola annulipesHartigiola annulipes
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,808 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

springsummer

2025

Swift · Blackbird · House Martin · Chaffinch · House Sparrow +71

SwiftApus apus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House MartinDelichon urbicum
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great TitParus major
BuzzardButeo buteo
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2020
MagpiePica pica
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2020
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Rock DoveColumba livia
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
SiskinSpinus spinus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Apus apus apusApus apus apus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
CurlewNumenius arquata2020
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2020
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2024
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
Barn OwlTyto alba2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
JayGarrulus glandarius2020
Common GullLarus canus2020
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2020
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
GoosanderMergus merganser2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
DipperCinclus cinclus2020

🦌

Mammals6 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Roe Deer +1

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
OtterLutra lutra2020

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Orange Ladybird · Hartigiola annulipes · Melanostoma scalare · Tree Bumblebee

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Hartigiola annulipesHartigiola annulipes
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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