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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
Dogs welcome
Places › Scotland › Edinburgh and Lothians › Midlothian Getting here
55.87424, -3.15657
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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 ⚽ 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ 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 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free
🦉 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 — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Small White, Large White +42 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Small White, Large White +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pentland Way (Glencorse Reservoir to Swanston) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map North Esk Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Glencorse View Walk Walking route ▾
Pentland Way (Alternative) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Burdiehouse Burn Valley Park Walking route ▾
Named route Ref CEC1 Local walking route
Show on map 37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route RR Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref RR Local cycle route
Show on map Greenbank to Meadows Quiet Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 196 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 196 National Cycle Network
Show on map Dalkeith to Edinburgh via Gilmerton Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Loanhead to Roslin Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Quiet Route 61 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 61 Local cycle route
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dreghorn-Castlelaw Mountain bike route ▾
Bavelaw-Flotterstone Mountain bike route ▾
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders) Mountain bike route 154.8 km ▾
Named route Length 154.8 km National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
23,563 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 23,563 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Mute Swan +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackbird Turdus merula Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Eider Somateria mollissima2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Pygmy Shrew · Wood Mouse · Brown Hare +1
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus2025 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2025 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2025 🐝 Insects 7 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · Dryomyza anilis · Common Green Grasshopper · Melanostoma +2
Syrphus Syrphus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Dryomyza anilis Dryomyza anilis Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus Melanostoma Melanostoma Cheilosia bergenstammi Cheilosia bergenstammi Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 23,563 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Mute Swan +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackbird Turdus merula Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Eider Somateria mollissima2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Pygmy Shrew · Wood Mouse · Brown Hare +1
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus2025 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2025 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2025 🐝 Insects 7 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · Dryomyza anilis · Common Green Grasshopper · Melanostoma +2
Syrphus Syrphus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Dryomyza anilis Dryomyza anilis Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus Melanostoma Melanostoma Cheilosia bergenstammi Cheilosia bergenstammi Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Blue Shieldbug
Blue Shieldbug
Zicrona caerulea
Zicrona caerulea
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