Walled Kitchen Garden
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
57.14146, -2.85664
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Greylag Goose
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 246m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Greylag Goose
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 246m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Lapwing, Greylag Goose, Chaffinch +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Red Squirrel, Brown Hare, Hedgehog +12 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Old Man's Beard, Lecidea lithophila, Melanelixia subaurifera +12 more · last seen 2016
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Peacock, Large Red Damselfly +103 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarland SkylineWalking route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal walking route
Tarland Way (off-road route)Walking route▾
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PittenderichWalking route▾
Named routeRef RedLocal walking route
Alastrean WoodsWalking route▾
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Drummy Woods and Stone circleWalking route▾
Named routeRef BrownLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarland WayCycling route▾
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23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ballater & Burn o'Vat CircularMountain bike route▾
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The Red SquirrelMountain bike route▾
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The Slinky FoxMountain bike route▾
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The Spikey HedgehogMountain bike route▾
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Clarkies ClimbMountain bike route▾
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Rump TrackMountain bike route▾
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,050 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,050 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Siskin · Chaffinch · Rook +49
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Badger · Brown Hare · Pine Marten · Feral Cat
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Pine MartenMartes martes2024
- Feral CatFelis catus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Silverweed · Sheep's Sorrel · Broad Buckler-fern · Soft-rush · Devil's-bit Scabious +43
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,050 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Siskin · Chaffinch · Rook +49
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Badger · Brown Hare · Pine Marten · Feral Cat
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Pine MartenMartes martes2024
- Feral CatFelis catus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Silverweed · Sheep's Sorrel · Broad Buckler-fern · Soft-rush · Devil's-bit Scabious +43
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
