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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › Scotland › Central Scotland › Falkirk Getting here
56.00007, -3.78566
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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Seagull Trust Cruises Bookshop — 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Seagull Trust Cruises Bookshop — 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· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Mallard +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Mallard +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Ectopsocus axillaris, Nut Leaf Weevil +29 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Ectopsocus axillaris, Nut Leaf Weevil +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal Towpath Walking route 106 km ▾
Named route Length 106 km National walking route
Show on map blue Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip
Show on map red Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip
Show on map yellow Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip
Show on map John Muir Way (Croy to Falkirk) Walking route 20 km ▾
Named route Ref JMW Length 20 km Point-to-point National walking route
Show on map 48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 76 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 76 Point-to-point National Cycle Network
Show on map John Muir Way Cycling route 215 km ▾
Named route Ref JMW Length 215 km Point-to-point Regional cycle route
Show on map Helix Around Town Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref HArTT Local cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 754 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 754 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 20 m ▾
Named route Ref 754 Length 20 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 3.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 754 Length 3.1 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Auchengean Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Round trip
Show on map Canada Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Round trip
Show on map Craigieburn Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Round trip
Show on map Great North Trail (Central Belt) Mountain bike route 83.7 km ▾
Named route Length 83.7 km National Cycle Network
Show on map Photos Falkirk Trinity Church of Scotland
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Wildlife to spot
71,127 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 71,127 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Mallard · Robin · Moorhen · Jackdaw · Mute Swan +36
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Pine Marten
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Beaver Castor fiber Pine Marten Martes martes Anthocoris nemoralis · 7-spot Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Ectopsocus axillaris +13
Anthocoris nemoralis Anthocoris nemoralis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Ectopsocus axillaris Ectopsocus axillaris European Tarnished Plant Bug Lygus rugulipennis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 71,127 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Mallard · Robin · Moorhen · Jackdaw · Mute Swan +36
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Pine Marten
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Beaver Castor fiber Pine Marten Martes martes Anthocoris nemoralis · 7-spot Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Ectopsocus axillaris +13
Anthocoris nemoralis Anthocoris nemoralis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Ectopsocus axillaris Ectopsocus axillaris European Tarnished Plant Bug Lygus rugulipennis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nut Leaf Weevil
Nut Leaf Weevil
Strophosoma melanogrammum
Strophosoma melanogrammum
Ectopsocus petersi Ectopsocus petersi
Ectopsocus petersi Ectopsocus petersi
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Epicaecilius pilipennis Epicaecilius pilipennis
Epicaecilius pilipennis Epicaecilius pilipennis
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes 