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Walk 4. - Loch Leven Heritage Trail · the Michael Bruce Trail. The Trail enters pine woods (4) (look for evidence of red ... Finally the Trail gently climbs to enter Vane Farm, RSPB

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Page 1: Walk 4. - Loch Leven Heritage Trail · the Michael Bruce Trail. The Trail enters pine woods (4) (look for evidence of red ... Finally the Trail gently climbs to enter Vane Farm, RSPB

Kinross

Milnathort

Scotlandwell

St. Serf’s Island

Castle Island

Reed Bower

Roy’s Folly

Green Isle

Alice’s Bower

Scart Island

Kinross Pier

Kirkgate Park

Kirkgate Point

Burleigh Sands

Orwell

Grahamstone

CarsehallBog

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Levenmouth

Findatie

Vane FarmRSPB

Gairney Bank

Lochleven Castle

KinrossHouse

Golf CoursesMary’s Gate

Standing Stones

Gliding Airfield

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Gairney Water

River Leven Cut

Pow Burn

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Kinnesswood

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Walk 4. Pow Burn to RSPB Vane FarmDistance : 7 km______________________________Access : from Loch Leven Larder (Channel Farm) link 1 km, from Findatie, from Vane Farm (RSPB), or continuing from section 3.___________________________Facilities : carparks at Loch Leven Larder (Channel Farm), Findatie and Vane Farm (RSPB). Café, shop and toilets at Loch Leven Larder and Vane Farm. Visitor and information centre at Vane Farm (RSPB). _________________________Circular walk : There are no circular paths linking with this section. A footpath links to Kinnesswood, Scotlandwell and the Michael Bruce Trail.

The Trail enters pine woods (4) (look for evidence of red squirrels) photo red squirrel with a short branch to a bird hide overlooking Levenmouth Pools. Listen for the drumming of great spotted woodpecker as you walk quietly through the

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wood towards the Cut (the straightened course of the River Leven); pause on the bridge (5) to look for otter and herons. Near the gate to the Sluice House (private) a short steep spur leads up to Findatie carpark. Continue

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From the Pow Burn, the Trail continues past Carsehall Bog (1), an area of exceptional wildlife. Reedbeds help to minimise disturbance as well as provide safe habitats. The Trail twists and turns between through the Black Wood - the birch, willows, hazel and alders alive with birdsong in summer.

Emerging from the Black Wood (2) the Trail runs along the top of an artificial bund or bank, with a ditch created to drain floodwater from the adjacent farmland. The land here (once under the waters of Loch Leven) is flat and sandy, ideal for prized turf. As views open towards Bishop Hill, watch for graceful gliders skimming the hill tops or taking off from nearby Portmoak, Scotland’s National Gliding Centre (3).

Points of Interest past the sandy beach at Findatie to pass another path (with more gentle gradient, suitable for wheelchairs) that also leads to Findatie carpark.

Finally the Trail gently climbs to enter Vane Farm, RSPB Nature Reserve. A welcome seat provides a excellent views over St Serf ’s Island and Loch Leven, and a little further on, the Trail passes a specially created bee and butterfly meadow (6). Finally, the Visitor Centre – and end of Loch Leven Heritage Trail - is reached safely by means of steps and a pedestrian tunnel (not suitable for wheelchairs).

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