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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
55.89025, -3.51519
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 213m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 213m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Sarcophagidae, Oedemera, Hoverfly +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cylindric Beard-moss, Streblotrichum convolutum, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme +26 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yellow WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Green PathWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Red WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Cross Borders Drove Road (Harperrig to West Linton)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km▾
Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route
111 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
NCN National Route Link 75, 754Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Peel PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bankton Mains PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Murieston PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Almond PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Little Vantage to BaddinsgillMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
21,035 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,035 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Mallard +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Indet. Deer · Feral Cat +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Indet. DeerCervidae
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Syrphus · Sarcophagidae · Common Green Grasshopper · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle +7
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- SarcophagidaeSarcophagidae2025
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,035 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Mallard +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Indet. Deer · Feral Cat +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Indet. DeerCervidae
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Syrphus · Sarcophagidae · Common Green Grasshopper · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle +7
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- SarcophagidaeSarcophagidae2025
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Fox
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes2025
Vulpes vulpes2025
2025
2025
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2025Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2025Rhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosa2025Rhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosa2025Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025