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🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
55.83835, -5.05629
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Cormorant
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Ambience — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Cormorant
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Ambience — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Best for
10 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Cormorant, Mallard +82 more · last seen 2025
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Birds — Herring Gull, Cormorant, Mallard +82 more · last seen 2025
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Dark Arches +76 more · last seen 2025
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dryopteris borreri, Dryopteris cambrensis subsp. cambrensis, Dryopteris cambrensis +61 more · last seen 2020
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
West Island WayWalking route48 km▾
Named routeLength 48 kmNational walking route
Bute Path NetworkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bute Pilgrimage Route - St BlaneWalking route▾
A walking pathway with accompanying notes to aid Christian reflection
Named routeRef 1Local walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Bute Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
16 photos from nearby open sources
View over Winter Gardens and Rothesay Bay
Photos
View over Winter Gardens and Rothesay Bay
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Guildford Square · Paid · 177m
✓ 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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2019
2019
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ProminentNotodonta ziczac2018Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2018Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2018Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2018Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2018Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2018Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2018Purple ClayDiarsia brunnea2018Purple ClayDiarsia brunnea2018Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2018Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2018Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2018Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2018Ling PugEupithecia absinthiata2018Ling PugEupithecia absinthiata2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosusMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024Common HawkerAeshna juncea2023Common HawkerAeshna juncea20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2022Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2022Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2021Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2021Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2019Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2019Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2019Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2019SallowCirrhia icteritia2019SallowCirrhia icteritia2019Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2019Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2019Grey ChiAntitype chi2019Grey ChiAntitype chi2019Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019Red Sword-grassXylena vetusta2019Red Sword-grassXylena vetusta2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2018Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2018Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2018Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2018Early ThornSelenia dentaria2018Early ThornSelenia dentaria2018Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2018Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2018Green ArchesAnaplectoides prasina2018Green ArchesAnaplectoides prasina2018V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2018V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2018Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2018Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2018Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2018Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2018Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata2018Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata2018Triple-spotted ClayXestia ditrapezium2018Triple-spotted ClayXestia ditrapezium2018Plain Golden YAutographa jota2018Plain Golden YAutographa jota2018Peppered MothBiston betularia2018Peppered MothBiston betularia2018Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2018Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2018Common White WaveCabera pusaria2018Common White WaveCabera pusaria2018Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2018Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2018Lempke's Gold SpotPlusia putnami2018Lempke's Gold SpotPlusia putnami2018FlameAxylia putris2018FlameAxylia putris2018Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2018Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2018Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2018Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2018Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2018Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2018SnoutHypena proboscidalis2018SnoutHypena proboscidalis201810-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata201810-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2018Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017Male-fern
Male-fern
Dryopteris filix-mas2017
Dryopteris filix-mas2017
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