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Benarty Playing Field

📷 edward mcmaihin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Mallard
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Mallard
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Mallard, Mute Swan +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Mallard, Mute Swan +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +6 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Narcissus agg., Lungwort, Yarrow · last seen 2026; Plants — Narcissus agg., Lungwort, Yarrow · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route

Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Lochgelly Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routePoint-to-point

Loch Leven Heritage TrailWalking route21 km

Named routeLength 21 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Michael Bruce WayWalking route5 km

Named routeLength 5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

White Craigs and KilmagadwoodWalking route4 km

Named routeLength 4 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Loch Leven to DundeeCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Lochore Meadows Skills LoopCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route2.1 km

Named routeRef 1Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

26,791 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

26,791 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

winter

2026

Robin · Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Little Egret +49

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great White EgretArdea alba2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

Narcissus agg. · Lungwort

Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
LungwortPulmonaria officinalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

26,791 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

winter

2026

Robin · Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Little Egret +49

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great White EgretArdea alba2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

Narcissus agg. · Lungwort

Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
LungwortPulmonaria officinalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 edward mcmaihin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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