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Fisherrow Links Park

22 ha

📷 Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 ha

Getting here

55.94717, -3.05519

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Oystercatcher
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 191m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Oystercatcher
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 191m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Best for

10 activities

Picnic day out

Very strong match

Free

picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Wigeon, Oystercatcher, Black-headed Gull +85 more · last seen 2026

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Wigeon, Oystercatcher, Black-headed Gull +85 more · last seen 2026

Family friendly

Strong match

Free

playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Playgrounds

Strong match

Free

playground, parking

Dog walks

Strong match

Free

Dogs allowed with public access

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Innocent RailwayWalking route▾

Named routeRef CEC5

Core PathsWalking route▾

East Lothian Core Path Network

Named routeLocal walking route

John Muir Way (Edinburgh to Prestonpans)Walking route15.8 km▾

Named routeRef JMWLength 15.8 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

John Muir Way (Prestonpans to North Berwick)Walking route25 km▾

Named routeRef JMWLength 25 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Pencaitland Railway WalkWalking route▾

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

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66 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route RRCycling route▾

Named routeRef RRLocal cycle route

Quiet Route 10Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 10Local cycle route

NCN National Route 76Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

NCN National Route 196Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 196National Cycle Network

John Muir WayCycling route215 km▾

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

Dalkeith to Edinburgh via GilmertonCycling route▾

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

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1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route▾

Named route

Wildlife to spot

232,476 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

232,476 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds88 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Mallard

+83 more species

All 88 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

WigeonMareca penelope
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TealAnas crecca
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MagpiePica pica
RedshankTringa totanus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
GadwallMareca strepera
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CurlewNumenius arquata
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Common GullLarus canus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
CootFulica atra
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
EiderSomateria mollissima
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GoosanderMergus merganser
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunlinCalidris alpina
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Rock DoveColumba livia
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RazorbillAlca torda
Great TitParus major
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
DunnockPrunella modularis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Barn OwlTyto alba
NuthatchSitta europaea
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Anser anser x Branta canadensisAnser anser x Branta canadensis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025

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Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Roe Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel

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Insects3 species

spring

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

232,476 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds88 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Mallard

+83 more species

All 88 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

WigeonMareca penelope
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TealAnas crecca
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MagpiePica pica
RedshankTringa totanus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
GadwallMareca strepera
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CurlewNumenius arquata
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Common GullLarus canus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
CootFulica atra
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
EiderSomateria mollissima
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GoosanderMergus merganser
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunlinCalidris alpina
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Rock DoveColumba livia
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RazorbillAlca torda
Great TitParus major
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
DunnockPrunella modularis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Barn OwlTyto alba
NuthatchSitta europaea
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Anser anser x Branta canadensisAnser anser x Branta canadensis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Roe Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

22 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Recreation ground, Fisherrow Park

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Photos

📷 Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Recreation ground, Fisherrow Park

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Events & activities nearby

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Bookable tours

Facilities

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Parking

7 nearby · 119m

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Picnic spot

3 · 212m away

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Playground

191m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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