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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
56.16200, -3.31858
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Mute Swan
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Mute Swan
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Mute Swan, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2025
Birds — Robin, Mute Swan, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2025
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Meadow Brown, Small Copper +17 more · last seen 2025
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route▾
Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Lochgelly Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-point
Loch Leven Heritage TrailWalking route21 km▾
Named routeLength 21 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Michael Bruce WayWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
White Craigs and KilmagadwoodWalking route4 km▾
Named routeLength 4 kmRound tripLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lochore Meadows Skills LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
21 photos from nearby open sources
New Flockhouse looking north
Photos
New Flockhouse looking north
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,246 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,246 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds56 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025Robin · Mute Swan · Magpie · Mallard · Blue Tit
+51 more speciesHide species list
All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common GullLarus canus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- TealAnas crecca
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- CootFulica atra
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026Red Squirrel · Mole · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022Common Toad
Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Small Copper · Small Heath · Ringlet
+15 more speciesHide species list
All 20 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023
- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2023
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023
🌿Plants6 species
summerautumn
2024Cherry Laurel · Yew · Beech · Norway Maple · Prickly Sow-thistle
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- YewTaxus baccata
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,246 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds56 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025Robin · Mute Swan · Magpie · Mallard · Blue Tit
+51 more speciesHide species list
All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common GullLarus canus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- TealAnas crecca
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- CootFulica atra
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026Red Squirrel · Mole · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022Common Toad
Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Small Copper · Small Heath · Ringlet
+15 more speciesHide species list
All 20 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023
- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2023
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023
🌿Plants6 species
summerautumn
2024Cherry Laurel · Yew · Beech · Norway Maple · Prickly Sow-thistle
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- YewTaxus baccata
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Peacock
Peacock
Aglais io2023
Aglais io2023
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2023Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2023Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2023Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2023Painted LadyVanessa cardui2022Painted LadyVanessa cardui2022Large WhitePieris brassicae2023Large WhitePieris brassicae2023Small WhitePieris rapae2023Small WhitePieris rapae2023Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023Speckled WoodPararge aegeria202310-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024SyrphusSyrphus2024SyrphusSyrphus2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024CommaPolygonia c-album2023CommaPolygonia c-album2023Events & activities nearby
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