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Carriston Reservoir

14 ha

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome14 ha

Getting here

56.22105, -3.08774

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

3 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Little Grebe +78 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Little Grebe +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Dark-winged Blood Bee, 4-Spotted Digger Wasp +56 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Dark-winged Blood Bee, 4-Spotted Digger Wasp +56 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Braes Loan Circular Historical TrailWalking route

Named route

Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route

Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

37 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN National Route 766Cycling route

Named routeRef 766National Cycle Network

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

NCN 1 Loch Leven to DundeeCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route135 m

Named routeRef 766Length 135 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route137 m

Named routeRef 766Length 137 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

7,115 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,115 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

springsummer

2025

Mute Swan · Mallard · Little Grebe · Pheasant · Chiffchaff +51

Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SwallowHirundo rustica
RookCorvus frugilegus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
CootFulica atra
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2024

Common Darter

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,115 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

springsummer

2025

Mute Swan · Mallard · Little Grebe · Pheasant · Chiffchaff +51

Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SwallowHirundo rustica
RookCorvus frugilegus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
CootFulica atra
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2024

Common Darter

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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