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55.95313, -3.17161
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café at the Palace — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café at the Palace — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +21 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +21 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Royal Mile Walking route ▾
Innocent Railway Walking route ▾
Named route Ref CEC5
Show on map Forth & Clyde/Union Canal Towpath Walking route 106 km ▾
Named route Length 106 km National walking route
Show on map Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref CEC18 Local walking route
Show on map John Muir Way (South Queensferry to Edinburgh part 1) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref JMW Point-to-point National walking route
Show on map 151 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route RR Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref RR Local cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 754 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 754 National Cycle Network
Show on map Quiet Route 10 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 10 Local cycle route
Show on map Quiet Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 Local cycle route
Show on map Quiet Route 9 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 9 Local cycle route
Show on map Quiet Route 11 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 11 Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Trail Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
128,503 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 128,503 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 37 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Teal · Mute Swan · Moorhen · Tufted Duck +32
Robin Erithacus rubecula Teal Anas crecca Mute Swan Cygnus olor Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Dunnock Prunella modularis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Coot Fulica atra Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba House Sparrow Passer domesticus Magpie Pica pica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Eider Somateria mollissima Gadwall Mareca strepera Great Tit Parus major Siskin Spinus spinus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Herring Gull Larus argentatus Skylark Alauda arvensis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Greylag Goose Anser anser Raven Corvus corax Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Weasel · Red Fox
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Weasel Mustela nivalis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +12
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Andrion regensteinense Andrion regensteinense Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 128,503 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 37 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Teal · Mute Swan · Moorhen · Tufted Duck +32
Robin Erithacus rubecula Teal Anas crecca Mute Swan Cygnus olor Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Dunnock Prunella modularis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Coot Fulica atra Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba House Sparrow Passer domesticus Magpie Pica pica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Eider Somateria mollissima Gadwall Mareca strepera Great Tit Parus major Siskin Spinus spinus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Herring Gull Larus argentatus Skylark Alauda arvensis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Greylag Goose Anser anser Raven Corvus corax Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Weasel · Red Fox
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Weasel Mustela nivalis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +12
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Andrion regensteinense Andrion regensteinense Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Ectopsocus petersi Ectopsocus petersi
Ectopsocus petersi Ectopsocus petersi
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Bronze Shieldbug Troilus luridus
Bronze Shieldbug Troilus luridus
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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