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Wester Lochhead

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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56.10686, -3.30624

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Greylag Goose
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Greylag Goose
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Pink-footed Goose +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Pink-footed Goose +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Blushing Bracket, Stump Puffball, Glyphium elatum +80 more · last seen 2019; Fungi — Blushing Bracket, Stump Puffball, Glyphium elatum +80 more · last seen 2019

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Mesembrina meridiana, Helophilus pendulus +259 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Mesembrina meridiana, Helophilus pendulus +259 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bittersweet, Common Nettle, Marsh Yellow-cress +97 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bittersweet, Common Nettle, Marsh Yellow-cress +97 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route

Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Lochgelly Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routePoint-to-point

Colinswell to DunearnWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Burntisland Outer Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

The Old North RoadWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Lochore Meadows Skills LoopCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,047 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,047 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winter

2025

Carrion Crow · Mute Swan · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +53

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
PochardAythya ferina
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
EiderSomateria mollissima
GoosanderMergus merganser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
CootFulica atra
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspring

2025

Roe Deer · Mole · Brown Hare · Red Fox

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Four-spotted Chaser

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024

🌿

Plants4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Bittersweet · Spear Thistle · Honesty · Common Nettle

BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
HonestyLunaria annua
Common NettleUrtica dioica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,047 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winter

2025

Carrion Crow · Mute Swan · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +53

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
PochardAythya ferina
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
EiderSomateria mollissima
GoosanderMergus merganser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
CootFulica atra
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspring

2025

Roe Deer · Mole · Brown Hare · Red Fox

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Four-spotted Chaser

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024

🌿

Plants4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Bittersweet · Spear Thistle · Honesty · Common Nettle

BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
HonestyLunaria annua
Common NettleUrtica dioica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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