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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🐶 Dogs
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 0 ha
Places › Scotland › North East Scotland › Dundee City Getting here
56.45766, -2.97849
Open directionsv 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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails ☕ Top of the Tower Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails ☕ Top of the Tower Cafe — 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🚻 Toilets
🦉 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, Magpie, Rock Dove +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Magpie, Rock Dove +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Tree Bumblebee +30 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Carder Bee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Tree Bumblebee +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 77
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fife Coastal Path Walking route 190 km ▾
Named route Ref FCP Length 190 km Point-to-point National walking route
Show on map Columba Way on North FCP Walking route 59 km ▾
Entirely on North section of Fife Coastal Path.
Named route Ref CWNFCP Length 59 km Point-to-point National walking route
Show on map Blairfield Road Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Drovers' Road Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Nature Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 62 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 1 Dundee to Tain Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Point-to-point National Cycle Network
Show on map EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 77 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 77 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 777 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 777 National Cycle Network
Show on map Green Circular Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Kingdom Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
16,045 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,045 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Black-headed Gull · Pied Wagtail · House Sparrow · Grey Heron +30
Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2024 Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat +2
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2024 Red Fox 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 10 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Brown Chafer +5
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eupeodes Eupeodes Brown Chafer Serica brunnea Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,045 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Black-headed Gull · Pied Wagtail · House Sparrow · Grey Heron +30
Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2024 Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat +2
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2024 Red Fox 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 10 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Brown Chafer +5
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eupeodes Eupeodes Brown Chafer Serica brunnea Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes
Hairy Shieldbug
Hairy Shieldbug
Dolycoris baccarum
Dolycoris baccarum
Cantharis nigricans Cantharis nigricans
Cantharis nigricans Cantharis nigricans
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus 