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55.96560, -3.17840
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☕ Artisan Coffee Leith — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☕ Artisan Coffee Leith — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Moorhen, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Moorhen, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird +34 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird +34 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Water of Leith Walkway (Currie to Slateford) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Royal Mile Walking route ▾
Innocent Railway Walking route ▾
Named route Ref CEC5
Show on map Forth & Clyde/Union Canal Towpath Walking route 106 km ▾
Named route Length 106 km National walking route
Show on map Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref CEC18 Local walking route
Show on map 149 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 76 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 76 Point-to-point National Cycle Network
Show on map John Muir Way Cycling route 215 km ▾
Named route Ref JMW Length 215 km Point-to-point Regional cycle route
Show on map Quiet Route 20 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 20 Local cycle route
Show on map Quiet Route 8 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 Local cycle route
Show on map Quiet Route 61 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 61 Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders) Mountain bike route 154.8 km ▾
Named route Length 154.8 km National Cycle Network
Show on map Photos Pilrig Cottages, off Arthur Street Lane
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Wildlife to spot
82,112 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 82,112 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Robin +33
Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Dunnock Prunella modularis Mute Swan Cygnus olor House Sparrow Passer domesticus Magpie Pica pica Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Teal Anas crecca Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Tit Parus major Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Greenfinch Chloris chloris Stock Dove Columba oenas Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Goldcrest Regulus regulus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Eider Somateria mollissima Coal Tit Periparus ater Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goosander Mergus merganser Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Weasel
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Weasel Mustela nivalis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
10-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Cream-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig · Bronze Shieldbug +8
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg. Bronze Shieldbug Troilus luridus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Hawthorn Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 82,112 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Robin +33
Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Dunnock Prunella modularis Mute Swan Cygnus olor House Sparrow Passer domesticus Magpie Pica pica Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Teal Anas crecca Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Tit Parus major Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Greenfinch Chloris chloris Stock Dove Columba oenas Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Goldcrest Regulus regulus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Eider Somateria mollissima Coal Tit Periparus ater Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goosander Mergus merganser Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Weasel
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Weasel Mustela nivalis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
10-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Cream-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig · Bronze Shieldbug +8
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg. Bronze Shieldbug Troilus luridus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Hawthorn Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata 