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🌳Ancient🦅Birds💜Bluebells
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome143 ha
Getting here
57.52087, -2.03066
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Moorhen
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 168m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Moorhen
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 168m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Moorhen, Mallard +79 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Daisy, Common Nettle +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Moorhen, Mallard +79 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Formartine and Buchan WayWalking route86 km▾
Dyce to Fraserburgh with branch to Peterhead
Named routeLength 86 kmNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Route 197Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 197National Cycle Network
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Aden Country Park, Museum.
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,256 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,256 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Moorhen · Mute Swan · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Robin +41
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchosAnas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwiftApus apus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Eristalis pertinax · Helophilus pendulus · Eupeodes corollae +2
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
Daisy · Creeping Buttercup · Raspberry · Common Nettle · Rosebay Willowherb +22
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,256 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Moorhen · Mute Swan · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Robin +41
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchosAnas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwiftApus apus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Eristalis pertinax · Helophilus pendulus · Eupeodes corollae +2
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
Daisy · Creeping Buttercup · Raspberry · Common Nettle · Rosebay Willowherb +22
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas