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Gogarburn Golf Course

📷 Thomas Nugent · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.93269, -3.34335

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Parent Bug, Cantharis nigricans +112 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Parent Bug, Cantharis nigricans +112 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Common Pocket-moss, Common Pincushion +8 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Common Pocket-moss, Common Pincushion +8 more · last seen 2022

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pentland Way E2 LinkWalking route

Named route

Water of Leith Walkway (Balerno to Currie)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Water of Leith Walkway (Currie to Slateford)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route

John Muir Way (South Queensferry to Edinburgh part 1)Walking route

Named routeRef JMWPoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

83 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

John Muir WayCycling route215 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

Quiet Route 8Cycling route

Named routeRef 8Local cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Edinburgh to Loch LevenCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

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Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pentland Reservoirs MTBMountain bike route

Named route

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km

Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network

Bonaly - Glencorse off road cycle routeMountain bike route

Named route

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

Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

13,210 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,210 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

winter

2026

Buzzard · Pied Wagtail · Moorhen · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull +40

BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CootFulica atra2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

🦌

Mammals7 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Badger · Otter +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
BadgerMeles meles
OtterLutra lutra2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🐝

Insects32 species

summerautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Polydrusus formosus · Syrphus · Scathophaga stercoraria · Cantharis nigricans +27

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025
Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2025
Phaonia signataPhaonia signata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025
Cabbage-stem Flea BeetlePsylliodes chrysocephala2025
Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
CionusCionus2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Eudasyphora cyanicolorEudasyphora cyanicolor2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Zyginella pulchraZyginella pulchra2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Polydrusus cervinusPolydrusus cervinus2025
Rhagonycha nigriventrisRhagonycha nigriventris2025
Oedemera virescensOedemera virescens2025
Polydrusus marginatusPolydrusus marginatus2025
Phyllobius glaucusPhyllobius glaucus2025
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,210 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

winter

2026

Buzzard · Pied Wagtail · Moorhen · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull +40

BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CootFulica atra2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

🦌

Mammals7 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Badger · Otter +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
BadgerMeles meles
OtterLutra lutra2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🐝

Insects32 species

summerautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Polydrusus formosus · Syrphus · Scathophaga stercoraria · Cantharis nigricans +27

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025
Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2025
Phaonia signataPhaonia signata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025
Cabbage-stem Flea BeetlePsylliodes chrysocephala2025
Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
CionusCionus2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Eudasyphora cyanicolorEudasyphora cyanicolor2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Zyginella pulchraZyginella pulchra2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Polydrusus cervinusPolydrusus cervinus2025
Rhagonycha nigriventrisRhagonycha nigriventris2025
Oedemera virescensOedemera virescens2025
Polydrusus marginatusPolydrusus marginatus2025
Phyllobius glaucusPhyllobius glaucus2025
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Thomas Nugent · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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