Cruickshank Botanic Gardens
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🛝 Family🦉 Wildlife🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › Scotland › North East Scotland › Aberdeen City Getting here
57.16765, -2.10497
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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Hardback 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Hardback 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· Free 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Common Feather-moss +21 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Common Feather-moss +21 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 110 signed routes nearby
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Named route Ref 1 Length 10 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Named route Ref 1 Length 1.5 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
43,948 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 43,948 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie +27
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Teal Anas crecca Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mute Swan Cygnus olor Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Turnstone Arenaria interpres Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dipper Cinclus cinclus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Eider Somateria mollissima Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greylag Goose Anser anser Starling Sturnus vulgaris 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 12 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Melangyna lasiophthalma · Beech Leaf Miner · Parasyrphus punctulatus +7
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Melangyna lasiophthalma Melangyna lasiophthalma Beech Leaf Miner Orchestes fagi Parasyrphus punctulatus Parasyrphus punctulatus Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Capillary Thread-moss · Waved Silk-moss · Endive Pellia · Even Scalewort · Hair-pointed Feather-moss +7
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare Waved Silk-moss Plagiothecium undulatum Endive Pellia Pellia endiviifolia Even Scalewort Radula complanata Hair-pointed Feather-moss Cirriphyllum piliferum Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Common Feather-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 43,948 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie +27
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Teal Anas crecca Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mute Swan Cygnus olor Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Turnstone Arenaria interpres Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dipper Cinclus cinclus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Eider Somateria mollissima Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greylag Goose Anser anser Starling Sturnus vulgaris 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 12 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Melangyna lasiophthalma · Beech Leaf Miner · Parasyrphus punctulatus +7
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Melangyna lasiophthalma Melangyna lasiophthalma Beech Leaf Miner Orchestes fagi Parasyrphus punctulatus Parasyrphus punctulatus Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Capillary Thread-moss · Waved Silk-moss · Endive Pellia · Even Scalewort · Hair-pointed Feather-moss +7
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare Waved Silk-moss Plagiothecium undulatum Endive Pellia Pellia endiviifolia Even Scalewort Radula complanata Hair-pointed Feather-moss Cirriphyllum piliferum Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Common Feather-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anthonomus bituberculatus Anthonomus bituberculatus
Anthonomus bituberculatus Anthonomus bituberculatus
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Phloiophilus edwardsii Phloiophilus edwardsii
Phloiophilus edwardsii Phloiophilus edwardsii
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata
Elipsocus hyalinus Elipsocus hyalinus
Elipsocus hyalinus Elipsocus hyalinus
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum Kindbergia praelonga
Kindbergia praelonga
Fox-tail Feather-moss Thamnobryum alopecurum
Fox-tail Feather-moss Thamnobryum alopecurum
Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum
Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata
Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata
Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata
Shining Hookeria Hookeria lucens
Shining Hookeria Hookeria lucens Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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