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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.42590, -5.60462
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black Guillemot and Herring Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Amelia's Cafe Bistro — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black Guillemot and Herring Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Amelia's Cafe Bistro — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black Guillemot, Herring Gull, Oystercatcher +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Black Guillemot, Herring Gull, Oystercatcher +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Painted Lady +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Kintyre WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Caledonia WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CWRegional cycle route
Photos
Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,618 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,618 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Black Guillemot · Grey Heron · Rock Dove · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher +51
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common GullLarus canus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- SwiftApus apus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- GannetMorus bassanus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- RavenCorvus corax
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RazorbillAlca torda
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- DunlinCalidris alpina2024
- Northern EiderSomateria mollissima borealis2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Seal · Roe Deer · Hedgehog
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Wasp · Nettle-Tap · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Syrphus · Vine Weevil +2
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Nettle-TapAnthophila fabriciana
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- SyrphusSyrphus2024
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
- Large White
Boeremia hedericola
- Boeremia hedericolaBoeremia hedericola
Fairy Foxglove
- Fairy FoxgloveErinus alpinus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,618 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Black Guillemot · Grey Heron · Rock Dove · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher +51
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common GullLarus canus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- SwiftApus apus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- GannetMorus bassanus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- RavenCorvus corax
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RazorbillAlca torda
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- DunlinCalidris alpina2024
- Northern EiderSomateria mollissima borealis2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Seal · Roe Deer · Hedgehog
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Wasp · Nettle-Tap · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Syrphus · Vine Weevil +2
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Nettle-TapAnthophila fabriciana
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- SyrphusSyrphus2024
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
- Large White
Boeremia hedericola
- Boeremia hedericolaBoeremia hedericola
Fairy Foxglove
- Fairy FoxgloveErinus alpinus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pieris brassicae2023
Pieris brassicae2023
Carabus glabratusCarabus glabratus2023Carabus glabratusCarabus glabratus2023