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Gordon's Park

7 ha

📷 David Bremner · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha

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57.50356, -4.25736

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Grey Heron
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Grey Heron
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Grey Heron, Carrion Crow +89 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Oystercatcher, Grey Heron, Carrion Crow +89 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Rosebay Willowherb, Gorse, Butterfly-bush +14 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Rosebay Willowherb, Gorse, Butterfly-bush +14 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Great Glen Way - Slighe a' Ghlinne MhòirWalking route120 km

A waymarked route (75 m/120 km) from Fort William (leaving behind Britain’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis) to Inverness, the Highlands capital. It follows a great geological fault and sections of Thomas Telford’s historic Caledonian Canal.

Named routeLength 120 kmNational walking route

John O'Groats Trail (Inverness to Culbokie)Walking route

Named routeRef JoG01Local walking route

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Cycling

100 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route

Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Muir of Ord to North Kessock via BlairdhuCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Millburn Active Travel RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN National Route 78 (north)Cycling route

Named routeRef 78National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

30,760 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

30,760 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Grey Heron · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull +48

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
TealAnas crecca
RedshankTringa totanus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Great TitParus major
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025

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Mammals1 species

winterautumn

2026

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🌿

Plants2 species

winterautumn

2026

Winter Aconite · Gorse

Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
GorseUlex europaeus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

30,760 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Grey Heron · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull +48

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
TealAnas crecca
RedshankTringa totanus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Great TitParus major
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winterautumn

2026

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🌿

Plants2 species

winterautumn

2026

Winter Aconite · Gorse

Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
GorseUlex europaeus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 David Bremner · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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