🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
56.46444, -2.98340
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🛝Playground 185m 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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 185m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Herring Gull, Rock Dove +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Herring Gull, Rock Dove +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km▾
Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
Columba Way on North FCPWalking route59 km▾
Entirely on North section of Fife Coastal Path.
Named routeRef CWNFCPLength 59 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
The Railway PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blairfield RoadWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Drovers' RoadWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
NCN National Route 77Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 77National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 777Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 777National Cycle Network
Green Circular RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
16,746 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
16,746 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspring
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · House Sparrow · Robin · Pied Wagtail · Grey Heron +33
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Red Squirrel · Rabbit +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Brown Chafer +6
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,746 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspring
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · House Sparrow · Robin · Pied Wagtail · Grey Heron +33
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Red Squirrel · Rabbit +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Brown Chafer +6
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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