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The Gunholes

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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56.00566, -2.51774

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Kittiwake Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Kittiwake Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· FreePlaygroundToilets

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, House Sparrow +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, House Sparrow +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Syrphus, Black Bean Aphid, Nebria brevicollis +7 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Syrphus, Black Bean Aphid, Nebria brevicollis +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Black Medick, Pineappleweed +6 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Black Medick, Pineappleweed +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

John Muir Way (North Berwick to Dunbar)Walking route23 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 23 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

John Muir LinkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Dunbar LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

John Muir WayCycling route215 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

Broxburn to Whitesands LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route491 m

Named routeRef 76Length 491 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route69 m

Named routeRef 76Length 69 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Go East Lothian TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

29,621 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

29,621 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds90 species

summerautumn

2026

Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Starling +85

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
RedshankTringa totanus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WigeonMareca penelope
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Common GullLarus canus
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
TealAnas crecca2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great TitParus major2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
PuffinFratercula arctica2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Seal · Grey Squirrel · Harbour Seal · Roe Deer · Noctule +3

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus

🐝

Insects10 species

summer

2025

Syrphus · Black Bean Aphid · Nebria brevicollis · Hairy Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird +5

SyrphusSyrphus
Black Bean AphidAphis (Aphis) fabae
Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae
7-spot Ladybird

🌿

Plants9 species

summer

2025

Lords-and-Ladies · Black Medick · Pineappleweed · Thale Cress · Nipplewort +4

Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
NipplewortLapsana communis
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
YarrowAchillea millefolium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

29,621 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds90 species

summerautumn

2026

Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Starling +85

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
RedshankTringa totanus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WigeonMareca penelope
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Common GullLarus canus
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
TealAnas crecca2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great TitParus major2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
PuffinFratercula arctica2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Seal · Grey Squirrel · Harbour Seal · Roe Deer · Noctule +3

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus

🐝

Insects10 species

summer

2025

Syrphus · Black Bean Aphid · Nebria brevicollis · Hairy Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird +5

SyrphusSyrphus
Black Bean AphidAphis (Aphis) fabae
Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae
7-spot Ladybird

🌿

Plants9 species

summer

2025

Lords-and-Ladies · Black Medick · Pineappleweed · Thale Cress · Nipplewort +4

Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
NipplewortLapsana communis
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
YarrowAchillea millefolium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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