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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
57.36570, -2.06623
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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
- 🛝Playground 289m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground 289m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Chaffinch +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Chaffinch +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Snowdrop, Maidenhair Spleenwort, Himalayan Balsam +10 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Formartine and Buchan WayWalking route86 km▾
Dyce to Fraserburgh with branch to Peterhead
Named routeLength 86 kmNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
6,671 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,671 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Robin · Coal Tit · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Greenfinch +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Willow Bean-galler · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Vine Weevil
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Snowdrop · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Yellow Archangel · Alder · Wall-rue +6
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- GorseUlex europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,671 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Robin · Coal Tit · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Greenfinch +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Willow Bean-galler · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Vine Weevil
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Snowdrop · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Yellow Archangel · Alder · Wall-rue +6
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- GorseUlex europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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