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Lossiemouth Playing Fields

15 ha

📷 Mary and Angus Hogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha

Getting here

57.71393, -3.29286

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦105+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Herring Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 157m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦105+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Herring Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 157m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +102 more · last seen 2026

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +102 more · last seen 2026

Playgrounds

Strong match

Free

playground, parking

Family friendly

Strong match

Free

playground; Urban park — family destination

Dog walks

Strong match

Free

Dogs allowed with public access

Insect spotting

Good match

Free

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Tree Bumblebee · last seen 2025

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Moray Coast TrailWalking route72 km▾

Named routeLength 72 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

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2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Elgin - LossiemouthCycling route▾

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 1Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

13,703 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

13,703 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds105 species

summerautumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Great Black-backed Gull · Oystercatcher

+100 more species

All 105 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
WigeonMareca penelope
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RobinErithacus rubecula
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
SwiftApus apus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

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Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Pine Marten

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Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

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Insects2 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Tree Bumblebee

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,703 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds105 species

summerautumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Great Black-backed Gull · Oystercatcher

+100 more species

All 105 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
WigeonMareca penelope
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RobinErithacus rubecula
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
SwiftApus apus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

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Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Pine Marten

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Tree Bumblebee

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

22 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Mary and Angus Hogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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📷 Mary and Angus Hogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Facilities

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Parking

8 nearby · 255m

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Playground

157m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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