Plan your visit
🦅Birds🐄Farms🦉Wildlife
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.94308, -3.27002
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Farm attraction
Varies
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +89 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Royal MileWalking route▾
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
John Muir Way (South Queensferry to Edinburgh part 2)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JMWPoint-to-pointNational walking route
188 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 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
Quiet Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Local cycle route
5 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
Pentland Reservoirs MTBMountain bike route▾
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km▾
Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
35,128 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,128 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Robin · Mallard · Magpie · Grey Heron +25
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Erithacus rubecula rubeculaErithacus rubecula rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey Squirrel · American Mink
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- American MinkNeovison vison
Orange Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +15
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,128 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Robin · Mallard · Magpie · Grey Heron +25
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Erithacus rubecula rubeculaErithacus rubecula rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey Squirrel · American Mink
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- American MinkNeovison vison
Orange Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +15
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Gorse WeevilExapion ulicisGorse WeevilExapion ulicisEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi2025Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Elipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinus2025Elipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinus2025Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataCerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Buchananiella continuaBuchananiella continua2025Buchananiella continuaBuchananiella continua2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025