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🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
56.68010, -2.99784
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Carrion Crow
- 🧺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
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Carrion Crow
- 🧺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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +82 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
🧺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
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +82 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Forfar Path CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Reedie Market Drove RoadWalking route6 km▾
Named routeLength 6 kmLocal walking route
Westmuir LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Kirrie HillWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Kinnordy LochWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Photos
View from Kirriemuir Hill
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
14,961 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,961 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Mallard · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Robin +40
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TealAnas crecca
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great TitParus major
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WigeonMareca penelope
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- CootFulica atra
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
🦌Mammals4 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Stoat
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BeaverCastor fiber2025
- StoatMustela erminea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes luniger · Helophilus pendulus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Hogweed · Ground-elder · Broad-leaved Dock · Wych Elm · Scots Pine +6
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,961 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Mallard · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Robin +40
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TealAnas crecca
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great TitParus major
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WigeonMareca penelope
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- CootFulica atra
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
🦌Mammals4 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Stoat
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BeaverCastor fiber2025
- StoatMustela erminea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes luniger · Helophilus pendulus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Hogweed · Ground-elder · Broad-leaved Dock · Wych Elm · Scots Pine +6
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas