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Claypotts Park

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

56.47696, -2.89584

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 136m 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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 136m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch +51 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Eupeodes, Field Grasshopper, Greater Bulb-Fly +7 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Eupeodes, Field Grasshopper, Greater Bulb-Fly +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Columba Way on North FCPWalking route59 km

Entirely on North section of Fife Coastal Path.

Named routeRef CWNFCPLength 59 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Nature TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Nature TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

70 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route

Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

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

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN National Route 77Cycling route

Named routeRef 77National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 777Cycling route

Named routeRef 777National Cycle Network

Green Circular RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Pine Cone TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

18,095 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

18,095 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds31 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Magpie +26

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

18,095 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds31 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Magpie +26

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Euan Nelson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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