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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome39 ha
Getting here
55.89832, -3.61611
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 190m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 190m 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 — Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Red-legged Shieldbug, Orange Ladybird +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
River Avon Heritage TrailWalking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmRegional walking route
69 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
Peel PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Almond PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Nell Burn PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Folly Burn PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Alderstone PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Photos
Tennis Courts: Kirkton Park
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
24,058 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,058 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow · Swallow +28
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Vine Weevil · Syrphus · Black Clock +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,058 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow · Swallow +28
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Vine Weevil · Syrphus · Black Clock +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2025Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2025Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2025EristalisEristalis2025EristalisEristalis2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025