Capercaillie walk to Back O'Bennachie Car Park
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About Capercaillie walk to Back O'Bennachie Car Park
This walk partly circles Millstone Hill before following the March Burn uphill.
The wood on the east side of this burn is good habitat for capercaillie. Continue beyond the March Burn onto the Bennachie ridge and then along part of the Gordon Way. Next you climb up past Watch Craig (493m) and then down through larch to the Back O' Bennachie Car Park.
Dogs on Bennachie
Dogs and their responsible owners are always welcome on Bennachie!
Please remember, there are no dog bins on the hill so if your dog does foul on a trail please flick it into the woods for the slugs to eat! If you normally put your dog mess in a plastic bag please ensure you take the bag home, there is no-one at Bennachie employed to collect them and they take up to 70 years to rot down!
You can download a map of the Bennachie trails from the What's of Interest panel on the right of this page.
How to get there:
Capercaillie walk to Back O'Bennachie Car Park can be started from Donview Car Park in Bennachie. Monymusk is the nearest town or village.
From Monymusk, head north on minor road towards Blairdaff. After approx. 1.5 miles, the Donview Car park and walks are sign posted off to the left. Turn left and follow the road, which runs close to river Don, to the car park.
OS Grid Reference: NJ 672 190
For details of public transport visit http://www.travelinescotland.com
Wildlife
Mammals: Red squirrels occasionally seen in woodland and roe deer along woodland edge. We have information about Red squirrel and Roe deer
Birds: In the woods look out for great tits, coal tits, blue tit, long tail tits, chaffinch, wood warblers, chiff chaff and many more.
Wrens can often be seen on the forest floor nesting in the piles of branches.
On the open hill look out for grouse, pipits, skylarks and buzzards.
What's on in Bennachie
| Donview Car Park Facilities. |
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Trail waymarking:
Dark Blue/Purple |
| Length of trail: 5.25 miles |
| Approximate time of trail: 3.5 hours |
| Open or closed: open |
| Click here to find out what else you can do in this forest. |
Contact: |
| Liz Wallace 01466 794161 e-mail: liz.wallace@forestry.gsi.gov.uk |
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