The countryside is wonderful, with great walks, hills to climb, cycling, water-sports etc, and many attractions within 30 to 60 min drive. Gorgeous 2-3 hour drives to the West coast, Oban etc. under 2 hours to the beautiful Fife coast and seaside towns.
Red kite and buzzards circle overhead, frequent red squirrel sightings, many deer about the farm and beaver on the river - where there are dippers and you may be lucky and see a kingfisher.
As well as the usual garden birds - great tits, blue tits, coal tits and sometimes long-tailed tits, sparrows, robins, blackbirds, goldfinches, chaffinches, occasional bullfinches (there on 2nd May 22) dunnock, siskin, yellowhammer, wren, swifts in season, pied wagtails and frequently wood-pecker come to the feeders in the garden.
The road outside the cottage is busier than it used to be, but still a fairly quiet road.