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East Meadow Park
Plan your visit
🎠Play🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.94099, -3.18798
Open directionsv
Best for
9 activities🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +46 more · last seen 2026
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +46 more · last seen 2026
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +61 more · last seen 2026
Dogs allowed with public access
Named hiking route nearby: John Muir Way (Edinburgh to Prestonpans)
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Royal MileWalking route▾
Innocent RailwayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CEC5
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km▾
Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route
Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith)Walking route▾
Named routeRef CEC18Local walking route
John Muir Way (South Queensferry to Edinburgh part 1)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JMWPoint-to-pointNational walking route
170 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route RRCycling route▾
Named routeRef RRLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 754Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network
Quiet Route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Quiet Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Quiet Route 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 9Local cycle route
Quiet Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dreghorn-CastlelawMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km▾
Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network
About this urban park
East Meadow Park is a urban park.
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Picnic and kickabout, East Meadow Park
Photos
Picnic and kickabout, East Meadow Park
Visiting this spring
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
☕Café
Victor Hugo Deli · 186m
✓ 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
117,094 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
117,094 records · NBN AtlasRobin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit
+44 more speciesHide species list
All 49 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Common GullLarus canus
- TealAnas crecca
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Weasel · Rabbit · Mole
🐸Amphibians4 species
spring
2026Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Alpine Newt
🐝Insects64 species
winterspring
2026Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird
+59 more speciesHide species list
All 64 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
117,094 records · NBN AtlasRobin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit
+44 more speciesHide species list
All 49 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Common GullLarus canus
- TealAnas crecca
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Weasel · Rabbit · Mole
🐸Amphibians4 species
spring
2026Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Alpine Newt
🐝Insects64 species
winterspring
2026Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird
+59 more speciesHide species list
All 64 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttataEctopsocus axillarisEctopsocus axillarisEctopsocus axillarisEctopsocus axillarisCommon Flower BugAnthocoris nemorumCommon Flower BugAnthocoris nemorumElipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinusBuchananiella continuaBuchananiella continuaBuchananiella continuaBuchananiella continuaEmpoasca vitisEmpoasca vitisEmpoasca vitisEmpoasca vitisAnthocoris confususAnthocoris confususAnthocoris confususAnthocoris confususCream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctataCream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctataTrichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brinckiEpicaecilius pilipennisEpicaecilius pilipennisEpicaecilius pilipennisEpicaecilius pilipennisWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisStriped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttataStriped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttataTephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventrisPhloiophilus edwardsiiPhloiophilus edwardsiiPhloiophilus edwardsiiPhloiophilus edwardsiiRabocerus gabrieliRabocerus gabrieliRabocerus gabrieliRabocerus gabrieliSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusSphaeriestes castaneusSphaeriestes castaneusSphaeriestes castaneusSphaeriestes castaneusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciataCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.SylvicolaSylvicolaSylvicolaSylvicolaOcys quinquestriatusOcys quinquestriatusOcys quinquestriatusOcys quinquestriatusJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatusJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatusChilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennisEctopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Valenzuela burmeisteriValenzuela burmeisteriValenzuela burmeisteriValenzuela burmeisteriSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusGorse WeevilExapion ulicisGorse WeevilExapion ulicisAndrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinenseHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumCerylon ferrugineumCerylon ferrugineumCerylon ferrugineumCerylon ferrugineumAcompocoris alpinusAcompocoris alpinusAcompocoris alpinusAcompocoris alpinusCerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalicaAnthocoris nemoralisAnthocoris nemoralisAnthocoris nemoralisAnthocoris nemoralisPhilosepedon humeralisPhilosepedon humeralisPhilosepedon humeralisPhilosepedon humeralisBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusHeteromyza commixtaHeteromyza commixtaHeteromyza commixtaHeteromyza commixtaCartodere nodiferCartodere nodiferCartodere nodiferCartodere nodiferFanniidaeFanniidaeFanniidaeFanniidaeBirch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaeBirch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaeGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratusGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratusLeiodes calcarataLeiodes calcarataLeiodes calcarataLeiodes calcarataSuillia pallidaSuillia pallidaSuillia pallidaSuillia pallidaTemnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilisTemnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilisTemnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilisTemnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilisSpotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukiiSpotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukiiBalclutha punctataBalclutha punctataBalclutha punctataBalclutha punctataGraphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatusCuneopalpus cyanopsCuneopalpus cyanopsCuneopalpus cyanopsCuneopalpus cyanopsTephrochlamysTephrochlamysTephrochlamysTephrochlamysEvents & activities nearby
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