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Getting here
55.95175, -3.20764
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Rose Theatre Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Rose Theatre Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Hawthorn Shieldbug +36 more · last seen 2026
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
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
181 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
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
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Albert Memorial and West Register House, Edinburgh
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Wildlife to spot
75,160 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
75,160 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Bullfinch · Treecreeper +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common GullLarus canus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Tephrochlamys rufiventris · Ectopsocus petersi +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Tephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventris
- Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Hawthorn Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
75,160 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Bullfinch · Treecreeper +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common GullLarus canus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Tephrochlamys rufiventris · Ectopsocus petersi +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Tephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventris
- Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Hawthorn Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorumCommon Flower BugAnthocoris nemorumOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes