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🛝Family🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
57.61161, -3.60883
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Forres community cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Forres community cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Blackbird +83 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Blackbird +83 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Moray Coast TrailWalking route72 km▾
Named routeLength 72 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
Dava WayWalking route38 km▾
Named routeLength 38 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Running through the sunken gardens, at Grant Park
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Wildlife to spot
20,310 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,310 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Robin · Herring Gull +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Hedgehog
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Striped Ladybird · caddisflies · Black-collared Carver · Southern Hawker · Common Hawker +19
- Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
- caddisfliesTrichoptera
- Black-collared CarverRhogogaster scalaris
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,310 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Robin · Herring Gull +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Hedgehog
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Striped Ladybird · caddisflies · Black-collared Carver · Southern Hawker · Common Hawker +19
- Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
- caddisfliesTrichoptera
- Black-collared CarverRhogogaster scalaris
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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