Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
56.06662, -3.42262
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Best for
9 activities🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
Free picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
Free playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Free Birds — House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Robin +46 more · last seen 2025
playground, toilets, parking
Birds — House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Robin +46 more · last seen 2025
Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route▾
Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km▾
Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
yellowWalking route1 km▾
Calais Woods & Duloch Park yellow route
Named routeLength 1 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
blueWalking route2 km▾
Calais Woods & Duloch Park blue route
Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
redWalking route2.5 km▾
Calais Woods & Duloch Park red route
Named routeLength 2.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
111 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 76Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
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
Main RouteCycling route289 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 289 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
▾
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
21,969 records from NBN Atlas
▾
Wildlife to spot
21,969 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds49 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie
+44 more speciesHide species list
All 49 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CootFulica atra
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhulaPyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2026Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Red Squirrel · Weasel
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
- WeaselMustela nivalis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025Common Toad · Common Frog
Red-legged Shieldbug · Green Tiger Beetle · Zonocyba bifasciata · Eristalis tenax · Volucella pellucens
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Zonocyba bifasciataZonocyba bifasciata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
Dandelion · Alder · Common Nettle · Lesser Celandine · Wood Avens
+12 more speciesHide species list
All 17 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- DandelionTaraxacum
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- Blue Globe-thistleEchinops bannaticus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,969 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds49 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie
+44 more speciesHide species list
All 49 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CootFulica atra
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhulaPyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2026Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Red Squirrel · Weasel
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
- WeaselMustela nivalis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025Common Toad · Common Frog
Red-legged Shieldbug · Green Tiger Beetle · Zonocyba bifasciata · Eristalis tenax · Volucella pellucens
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Zonocyba bifasciataZonocyba bifasciata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
Dandelion · Alder · Common Nettle · Lesser Celandine · Wood Avens
+12 more speciesHide species list
All 17 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- DandelionTaraxacum
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- Blue Globe-thistleEchinops bannaticus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Fox
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes2025
Vulpes vulpes2025
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestrisGreater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestrisTree BumblebeeBombus hypnorumTree BumblebeeBombus hypnorumCornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2025Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2025Events & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
Bookable tours