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Greenside Church

📷 John Lord · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.95701, -3.18233

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞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
☕Kuna Café and Bakery — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ 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
☕Kuna Café and Bakery — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidToilets

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Moorhen +35 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Moorhen +35 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café, toilets

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird, Eristalis tenax +13 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird, Eristalis tenax +13 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Royal MileWalking route

Named route

Innocent RailwayWalking route

Named routeRef CEC5

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route

Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith)Walking route

Named routeRef CEC18Local walking route

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

Named routeRef JMWPoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

159 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route RRCycling route

Named routeRef RRLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 754Cycling route

Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network

Quiet Route 10Cycling route

Named routeRef 10Local cycle route

Quiet Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

Quiet Route 9Cycling route

Named routeRef 9Local cycle route

Quiet Route 11Cycling route

Named routeRef 11Local cycle route

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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

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

Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

118,194 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

118,194 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winterspring

2026

Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Moorhen +57

RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
TealAnas crecca
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoosanderMergus merganser
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
CootFulica atra
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
DipperCinclus cinclus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Greylag GooseAnser anser
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SiskinSpinus spinus
Common GullLarus canus
NuthatchSitta europaea
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CurlewNumenius arquata
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
RavenCorvus corax
Accipiter nisus nisusAccipiter nisus nisus

🦌

Mammals8 species

spring

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle +3

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
WeaselMustela nivalis
House MouseMus musculus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects41 species

winterspring

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +36

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Tephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventris
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii
Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Epicaecilius pilipennisEpicaecilius pilipennis
Elipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Anthocoris confususAnthocoris confusus
Dromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatus
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Dromius angustusDromius angustus
Pine Cone BugGastrodes grossipes
Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius
Heteromyza commixtaHeteromyza commixta
Cartodere nodiferCartodere nodifer
Buchananiella continuaBuchananiella continua
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Temnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilisTemnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilis
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

118,194 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winterspring

2026

Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Moorhen +57

RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
TealAnas crecca
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoosanderMergus merganser
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
CootFulica atra
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
DipperCinclus cinclus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Greylag GooseAnser anser
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SiskinSpinus spinus
Common GullLarus canus
NuthatchSitta europaea
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CurlewNumenius arquata
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
RavenCorvus corax
Accipiter nisus nisusAccipiter nisus nisus

🦌

Mammals8 species

spring

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle +3

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
WeaselMustela nivalis
House MouseMus musculus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects41 species

winterspring

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +36

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Tephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventris
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii
Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Epicaecilius pilipennisEpicaecilius pilipennis
Elipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Anthocoris confususAnthocoris confusus
Dromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatus
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Dromius angustusDromius angustus
Pine Cone BugGastrodes grossipes
Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius
Heteromyza commixtaHeteromyza commixta
Cartodere nodiferCartodere nodifer
Buchananiella continuaBuchananiella continua
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Temnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilisTemnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilis
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Lord · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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