Cowdenbeath Public Park
22 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 ha
Getting here
56.11545, -3.34817
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Tufted Duck
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 116m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Tufted Duck
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 116m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Tufted Duck, Mallard +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Coot, Tufted Duck, Mallard +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell +130 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Groundsel, Broom +91 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route▾
Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Lochgelly Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-point
The Old North RoadWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
NCN 1 Edinburgh to Loch LevenCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
NCN National Route 764Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 764National Cycle Network
Lochore Meadows Skills LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route135 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 135 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,140 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,140 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Coot · Mallard · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +38
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Red Squirrel · Badger · Red Fox +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Speckled Wood +21
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- Tricholauxania praeusta
🌿Plants8 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Himalayan Balsam · Marsh Arrowgrass · Branched Bur-reed · Water-plantain · Japanese Knotweed +3
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Marsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustris
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- BroomCytisus scoparius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,140 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Coot · Mallard · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +38
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Red Squirrel · Badger · Red Fox +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Speckled Wood +21
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- Tricholauxania praeusta
🌿Plants8 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Himalayan Balsam · Marsh Arrowgrass · Branched Bur-reed · Water-plantain · Japanese Knotweed +3
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Marsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustris
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- BroomCytisus scoparius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Lepus europaeus
Lepus europaeus
ShrewSoricidae2024ShrewSoricidae2024Tricholauxania praeusta
Tricholauxania praeusta
Cixius nervosusCixius nervosusCixius nervosusCixius nervosusPinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinusSmall Fleck-winged SnipeflyRhagio lineolaSmall Fleck-winged SnipeflyRhagio lineolaLoricula pselaphiformisLoricula pselaphiformisLoricula pselaphiformisLoricula pselaphiformisAthous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalisPeplomyza lituraPeplomyza lituraPeplomyza lituraPeplomyza litura10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataCerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalicaCartodere nodiferCartodere nodiferCartodere nodiferCartodere nodiferSoronia griseaSoronia griseaSoronia griseaSoronia griseaAnthocoris nemoralisAnthocoris nemoralisAnthocoris nemoralisAnthocoris nemoralisGraphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatusRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesCommon Orange LegionnaireBeris vallataCommon Orange LegionnaireBeris vallataEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebrisSylvicola punctatusSylvicola punctatusSylvicola punctatusSylvicola punctatusMalthodesMalthodesMalthodesMalthodes2024
2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024Hedera helixHedera helix2024Hedera helixHedera helix2024