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Fraser Park

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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BirdsWildlifeFamily

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

55.90994, -3.49218

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Pomphray's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Pomphray's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, café; Urban park — family destination

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Oedemera virescens, Nebria, Marmalade Hoverfly +2 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Oedemera virescens, Nebria, Marmalade Hoverfly +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Yellow WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Green PathWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Red WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route

National Footpath Demonstration SiteWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

124 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

NCN National Route Link 75, 754Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Peel PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Bankton Mains PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Murieston PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Almond PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km

Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

5,521 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,521 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird +45

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CootFulica atra2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,521 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird +45

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CootFulica atra2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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