📌 Monikie, Angus
★★★
Crombie Country Park is an attractive area of woodland and water a short drive northeast of Dundee. The spindly liquid body at its heart is a reservoir – created by flooding an old quarry and once providing a water source for nearby settlements – but its manmade origins don’t take anything away from the beauty of the place. Wide paths encircle the reservoir making this a route suitable for most abilities, though the main route often keeps a fair distance from the shoreline; divert onto the narrower, informal trods to get better glimpses of the water and its diverse birdlife.
📷 Chronological photo guide
Crombie Reservoir 
Crombie Reservoir 
Woodland path 
Narrower branch path closer to the shoreline 
Woodland path 
West end of the reservoir 
West end of the reservoir 
Greylag geese 
Shoreline path 
Geese & goslings 
Mallard duck 
Crombie Reservoir from one of the south bank hides 
Path along the southern shore 
Approaching the reservoir outflow near the end of the circuit
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at Crombie Country Park main car park, off B961 3 mi east of Monikie
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NO 529402
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.551049,-2.768057
❌ No public transport within 1 mi
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 5 km / 3 mi | ▲ 20 m | ⌛ 1.5 hr
Features: 🌳 Crombie Country Park; 💧 Crombie Reservoir
⬤ Easy | Wide, fairly level paths – narrower, rougher options in parts to get closer to the shoreline.
Download file for GPS➡️ Anticlockwise circuit of Crombie Reservoir
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Swans, geese and goslings, tufted ducks, teal, mallards, moorhens, coots, grey herons, small woodland birds.
Weather: Sunny, light breeze, temperatures in mid teens.
April 2019
