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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome93 ha
Getting here
55.91034, -3.64295
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 239m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 239m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Starling +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Starling +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hoverfly, Syrphus +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
River Avon Heritage TrailWalking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmRegional walking route
50 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
Nell Burn PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
River Almond to Breich WaterCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Almond Valley PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route32 m▾
Named routeRef 75Length 32 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route7 m▾
Named routeRef 75Length 7 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
Green RouteMountain bike route▾
Red RouteMountain bike route▾
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Workers memorial: Balbardie Park
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Wildlife to spot
12,732 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,732 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Robin · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Swallow +40
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2026▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Vine Weevil · Black Clock · Marmalade Hoverfly +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,732 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Robin · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Swallow +40
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2026▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Vine Weevil · Black Clock · Marmalade Hoverfly +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas