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Laird's Garden

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

56.06865, -3.46571

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Peacock Rooms Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Peacock Rooms Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Best for

10 activities

Family friendly

Very strong match

Free

playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination

Playgrounds

Very strong match

Free

playground, toilets, café, parking

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026

Picnic day out

Strong match

Free

café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026

Dog walks

Strong match

Free

Dogs allowed with public access

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route▾

Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km▾

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

yellowWalking route1 km▾

Calais Woods & Duloch Park yellow route

Named routeLength 1 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route

blueWalking route2 km▾

Calais Woods & Duloch Park blue route

Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route

redWalking route2.5 km▾

Calais Woods & Duloch Park red route

Named routeLength 2.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

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Cycling

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106 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Edinburgh to Loch LevenCycling route▾

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route▾

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

NCN National Route 764Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 764National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route841 m▾

Named routeRef 76Length 841 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

9,183 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

9,183 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds58 species

winterautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Magpie · Robin

+53 more species

All 58 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SwiftApus apus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024

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Mammals8 species

summerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Rabbit

+3 more species

All 8 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

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Insects8 species

summer

2025

Hawthorn Shieldbug · Large Red Damselfly · Tree Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Green Grasshopper

+3 more species

All 8 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024

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Plants10 species

autumn

2025

Rosebay Willowherb · Feverfew · Yew · Wall-rue · Sticky Groundsel

+5 more species

All 10 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
YewTaxus baccata
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus
Blue Globe-thistleEchinops bannaticus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,183 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds58 species

winterautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Magpie · Robin

+53 more species

All 58 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SwiftApus apus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024

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Mammals8 species

summerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Rabbit

+3 more species

All 8 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

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Insects8 species

summer

2025

Hawthorn Shieldbug · Large Red Damselfly · Tree Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Green Grasshopper

+3 more species

All 8 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024

🌿

Plants10 species

autumn

2025

Rosebay Willowherb · Feverfew · Yew · Wall-rue · Sticky Groundsel

+5 more species

All 10 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
YewTaxus baccata
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus
Blue Globe-thistleEchinops bannaticus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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Events & activities nearby

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Facilities

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Café

Peacock Rooms Café · 253m

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Parking

St Margaret Street · Paid · 220m

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Playground

276m away

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Toilets

4 · 206m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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