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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
55.97549, -3.17747
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Sketchy Beats — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Sketchy Beats — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕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 — Blackbird, Magpie, Mallard +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Magpie, Mallard +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Royal MileWalking route▾
Innocent RailwayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CEC5
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km▾
Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route
Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith)Walking route▾
Named routeRef CEC18Local walking route
John Muir Way (South Queensferry to Edinburgh part 1)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JMWPoint-to-pointNational walking route
141 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 76Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
John Muir WayCycling route215 km▾
Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route
Quiet Route 20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 20Local cycle route
Quiet Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Quiet Route 61Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 61Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
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47,922 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
47,922 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Mallard +26
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
10-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig · Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Common Flower Bug +21
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
47,922 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Mallard +26
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
10-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig · Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Common Flower Bug +21
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pine Ladybird
Pine Ladybird
Exochomus quadripustulatus
Exochomus quadripustulatus
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusBirch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaeBirch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaeAnthocoris confususAnthocoris confususAnthocoris confususAnthocoris confususAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesStriped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttataStriped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttataLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttataEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciataDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDromius angustusDromius angustusDromius angustusDromius angustusPine Cone BugGastrodes grossipesPine Cone BugGastrodes grossipes