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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › Scotland › Central Scotland › West Lothian Getting here
55.89182, -3.49373
Open directionsv 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 🛝 Playground 116m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ 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 🛝 Playground 116m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Marmalade Hoverfly, Common Red Soldier Beetle +61 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Syrphus, Marmalade Hoverfly, Common Red Soldier Beetle +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Common Smoothcap, Bruch's Pincushion +37 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Common Smoothcap, Bruch's Pincushion +37 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yellow Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Green Path Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Red Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Cross Borders Drove Road (Harperrig to West Linton) Walking route ▾
Named route Point-to-point National walking route
Show on map Forth & Clyde/Union Canal Towpath Walking route 106 km ▾
Named route Length 106 km National walking route
Show on map 120 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route Link 75, 754 Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Peel Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Bankton Mains Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Murieston Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Almond Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Little Vantage to Baddinsgill Mountain bike route ▾
Great North Trail (Central Belt) Mountain bike route 83.7 km ▾
Named route Length 83.7 km National Cycle Network
Show on map Photos New seating in Almond Park
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Wildlife to spot
15,739 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 15,739 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Collared Dove · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +33
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Periparus ater britannicus Periparus ater britannicus2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Hedgehog
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Eristalis pertinax · Fever Fly · 2-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus ribesii +5
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 15,739 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Collared Dove · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +33
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Periparus ater britannicus Periparus ater britannicus2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Hedgehog
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Eristalis pertinax · Fever Fly · 2-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus ribesii +5
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
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