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The Redoubt

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56.54062, -3.41817

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
✦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

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
✦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

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Mallard +88 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Mallard +88 more · last seen 2025

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 — Melinopterus prodromus, Common Darter, Black Darter +11 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Melinopterus prodromus, Common Darter, Black Darter +11 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Wild Pansy, Creeping Thistle, Pink Purslane +1 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Wild Pansy, Creeping Thistle, Pink Purslane +1 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ardblair TrailWalking route

Named route

Oakwood LoopWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

River Tay WayWalking route

This is a newly proposed route.

Named routeLocal walking route

Bankfoot to MurthlyWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route

Dunkeld to SconeWalking route24 km

A sorter, more direct route than River Tay Trail. Boots required and ability to read a map.

Named routeLength 24 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

5,463 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,463 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

summerwinter

2025

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Buzzard · Chaffinch · Wren +54

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BuzzardButeo buteo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common GullLarus canus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoosanderMergus merganser
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
TealAnas crecca
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
SwallowHirundo rustica
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great TitParus major
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
RavenCorvus corax
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula

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Mammals5 species

summerautumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Stoat · Otter

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
BeaverCastor fiber
StoatMustela erminea2025
OtterLutra lutra2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,463 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

summerwinter

2025

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Buzzard · Chaffinch · Wren +54

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BuzzardButeo buteo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common GullLarus canus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoosanderMergus merganser
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
TealAnas crecca
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
SwallowHirundo rustica
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great TitParus major
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
RavenCorvus corax
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula

🦌

Mammals5 species

summerautumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Stoat · Otter

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
BeaverCastor fiber
StoatMustela erminea2025
OtterLutra lutra2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Karl Peet · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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