📌 Spott, East Lothian
★★★
For rich birdlife and a forest banquet, look no further than Brock Wood. This area of mixed woodland not far from Dunbar is a quiet nature reserve home to otters, wrens, warblers and nuthatches among other species, with hillsides clothed in wild garlic (late spring / early summer) and berries (late summer), delivering a feast for all the senses. Our circuit here follows the straightforward (though muddy) circuit marked out by The Scottish Wildlife Trust, exploring most of the reserve.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at minor road corner, 1 mi west of Spott
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NT 661748
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.965439,-2.544364
🚌 Infrequent bus to Spott (0.5 mi from east end of route)
🚗 Small layby
📝 Key info
▶ 2 km / 1 mi | ▲ 30 m | ⌛ 45 min
Features: 🌳 Brock Wood Nature Reserve
⬤ Easy | Woodland paths, often narrow, muddy in places.
Download file for GPS➡️ Anticlockwise circuit: layby – path west to Brock Burn – Spott ford by burnside path – return by upper path. Reserve map 🔗 here
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Dippers, nuthatches, lots of woodpigeons, tits, screeching birds of prey, possibly a jay. Ripe raspberries, blackberries, elderberries.
Weather: 15°C or so, brightening up after a heavy shower.
July 2020
