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🛝Family🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
54.88040, -4.18217
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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
- ☕Galloway Lodge — 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
- ☕Galloway Lodge — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝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 — Chaffinch, Wren, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Chaffinch, Wren, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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Named routeRef 7Length 11.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route320 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 320 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route28 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
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Wildlife to spot
25,309 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,309 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Dipper · Mallard +38
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- TealAnas crecca
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Rabbit · Soprano Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat +4
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Common Darter +7
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Large Red Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,309 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Dipper · Mallard +38
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- TealAnas crecca
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Rabbit · Soprano Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat +4
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Common Darter +7
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Large Red Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2025Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025