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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › Scotland › North East Scotland › Dundee City Getting here
56.46363, -3.01916
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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 249m 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 249m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Marmalade Hoverfly +49 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Marmalade Hoverfly +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fife Coastal Path Walking route 190 km ▾
Named route Ref FCP Length 190 km Point-to-point National walking route
Show on map Columba Way on North FCP Walking route 59 km ▾
Entirely on North section of Fife Coastal Path.
Named route Ref CWNFCP Length 59 km Point-to-point National walking route
Show on map The Railway Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Blairfield Road Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Drovers' Road Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 1 Dundee to Tain Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Point-to-point National Cycle Network
Show on map EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 77 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 77 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 777 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 777 National Cycle Network
Show on map Green Circular Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Kingdom Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Commemorative stone in Balgay Cemetery
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Wildlife to spot
20,261 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 20,261 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +28
Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Black Tern Chlidonias niger2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox · Common Shrew +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Common Shrew Sorex araneus2025 Vulpes Vulpes2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Syrphus · Red-legged Shieldbug · Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Cantharis nigricans +7
Syrphus Syrphus Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Cantharis nigricans Cantharis nigricans Sitona obsoletus Sitona obsoletus Eristalis tenax Smooth Lady's-mantle
Smooth Lady's-mantle Alchemilla glabra Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 20,261 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +28
Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Black Tern Chlidonias niger2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox · Common Shrew +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Common Shrew Sorex araneus2025 Vulpes Vulpes2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Syrphus · Red-legged Shieldbug · Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Cantharis nigricans +7
Syrphus Syrphus Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Cantharis nigricans Cantharis nigricans Sitona obsoletus Sitona obsoletus Eristalis tenax Smooth Lady's-mantle
Smooth Lady's-mantle Alchemilla glabra Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Clay-coloured Weevil Otiorhynchus singularis
Clay-coloured Weevil Otiorhynchus singularis Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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