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Alexander Park

📷 Wikipedia · Mason Alexander Park · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

57.05653, -2.52520

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 96m away — 10 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 96m away — 10 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Robin, Chaffinch +29 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Robin, Chaffinch +29 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

StockmounthWalking route

Named route

Blackhall Loop TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Deeside WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Ley WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Deeside WayCycling route

Named routeRef 195National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route94 m

Named routeRef 195Length 94 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route235 m

Named routeRef 195Length 235 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route763 m

Named routeRef 195Length 763 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

Main RouteCycling route674 m

Named routeRef 195Length 674 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route406 m

Named routeRef 195Length 406 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

27,456 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

27,456 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

winter

2026

Herring Gull · Robin · Chaffinch · Rock Dove · Wren +27

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025

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Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

27,456 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

winter

2026

Herring Gull · Robin · Chaffinch · Rock Dove · Wren +27

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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