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🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
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Getting here
55.88683, -3.42203
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Small Tortoiseshell +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
91 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
Bankton Mains PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Murieston PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Almond PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 754Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Carlops-Balerno MTBMountain bike route▾
Little Vantage to BaddinsgillMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km▾
Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network
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
4,778 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,778 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Little Grebe · Swallow +43
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Larch Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Potato Capsid · Cicadella viridis +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Giant Hogweed · Ribwort Plantain · False Oat-grass · Common Chickweed · Silverweed +24
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
- Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,778 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Little Grebe · Swallow +43
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Larch Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Potato Capsid · Cicadella viridis +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Giant Hogweed · Ribwort Plantain · False Oat-grass · Common Chickweed · Silverweed +24
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
- Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024RaspberryRubus idaeus2024RaspberryRubus idaeus2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2024Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024Reflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distans2024Reflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distans2024RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024