Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
55.89025, -3.51519
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 213m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 213m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Best for
9 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Sarcophagidae, Oedemera, Hoverfly +64 more · last seen 2026
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cylindric Beard-moss, Streblotrichum convolutum, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme +26 more · last seen 2024
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yellow WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Green PathWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Red WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Cross Borders Drove Road (Harperrig to West Linton)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km▾
Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route
111 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
NCN National Route Link 75, 754Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Peel PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bankton Mains PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Murieston PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Almond PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Little Vantage to BaddinsgillMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Maternity Car Park · Free · 275m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Feral CatFelis catus2025Feral CatFelis catus2025Indet. DeerCervidaeIndet. DeerCervidaeRoe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024MoleTalpa europaea2024MoleTalpa europaea2024BatChiroptera2023BatChiroptera2023Bombus2024
Bombus2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Oedemera virescensOedemera virescens2025Oedemera virescensOedemera virescens2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025LeafhopperCicadellidae2025LeafhopperCicadellidae2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2025Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2025SarcophagaSarcophaga2025SarcophagaSarcophaga2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025AphidAphididae2025AphidAphididae2025a weevilCurculionidae2025a weevilCurculionidae2025Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2025Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2025EmpididaeEmpididae2025EmpididaeEmpididae2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2024Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2025Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2025Rhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosa2025Rhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosa2025grasshoppers and cricketsOrthoptera2025grasshoppers and cricketsOrthoptera20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025ThripidaeThripidae2025ThripidaeThripidae2025MuscidaeMuscidae2025MuscidaeMuscidae2025CantharidaeCantharidae2025CantharidaeCantharidae2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025CarabusCarabus2024CarabusCarabus2024DrosophilaDrosophila2024DrosophilaDrosophila2024Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2024Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2024Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024PolleniaPollenia2024PolleniaPollenia2024Peplomyza lituraPeplomyza litura2024Peplomyza lituraPeplomyza litura2024AnthomyiaAnthomyia2024AnthomyiaAnthomyia2024Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus2024Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2024Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2024Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2024Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024mayfliesEphemeroptera2024mayfliesEphemeroptera2024TenthredoTenthredo2024TenthredoTenthredo2024Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus2024Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus2024Biting MidgeCeratopogonidae2024Biting MidgeCeratopogonidae2024St Marks FlyBibio marci2024St Marks FlyBibio marci2024Empis digrammaEmpis digramma2024Empis digrammaEmpis digramma2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Heather BeetleLochmaea suturalis2024Heather BeetleLochmaea suturalis2024WirewormElateridae2024WirewormElateridae2024Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024EristalisEristalis2024EristalisEristalis20242023
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RedshankCeratodon purpureus2023RedshankCeratodon purpureus2023Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2023Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2023Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2023Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2023Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2023Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2023Lady's-mantleAlchemilla vulgarisLady's-mantleAlchemilla vulgarisCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2023Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2023Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2023Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2023Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2023Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2023Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2023Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2023Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2023Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2023Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis2023Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis2023Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2023Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2023Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2023Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2023Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2023Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2023Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2023Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2023River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2023River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2023Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2023Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2023Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2023Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2023Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2023Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2023Cylindric DitrichumTrichodon cylindricus2023Cylindric DitrichumTrichodon cylindricus2023Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2023Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2023Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2023Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2023Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2023Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2023Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2023Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2023Events & activities nearby
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