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The Keith Tower

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Dogs welcome

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57.07394, -2.33506

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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, Woodpigeon, Wren +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Wren +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Mesembrina meridiana, Phaonia angelicae, Melanostoma scalare +4 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Mesembrina meridiana, Phaonia angelicae, Melanostoma scalare +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Wood-rust · last seen 2025; Plants — Wood-rust · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Deeside WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Elsick MounthWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Deeside WayCycling route

Named routeRef 195National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route62 m

Named routeRef 195Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route641 m

Named routeRef 195Length 641 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route15 m

Named routeRef 195Length 15 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.8 km

Named routeRef 195Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route305 m

Named routeRef 195Length 305 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

13,763 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,763 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

summer

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Jackdaw · Robin +70

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great TitParus major
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
RavenCorvus corax2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Otter · Red Fox · Rabbit · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
OtterLutra lutra
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Mesembrina meridiana · Pontania · Phaonia angelicae · Melanostoma scalare · Marmalade Hoverfly +2

Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
PontaniaPontania
Phaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicae
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Wood-rust

Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,763 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

summer

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Jackdaw · Robin +70

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great TitParus major
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
RavenCorvus corax2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Otter · Red Fox · Rabbit · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
OtterLutra lutra
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Mesembrina meridiana · Pontania · Phaonia angelicae · Melanostoma scalare · Marmalade Hoverfly +2

Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
PontaniaPontania
Phaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicae
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Wood-rust

Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ralph Greig · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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