⛳ Golf🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds
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Places › Scotland › Edinburgh and Lothians › City of Edinburgh Getting here
55.89285, -3.21260
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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 ⛳ Golf is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⛳ Golf is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Redwing, Magpie, Goldeneye +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Redwing, Magpie, Goldeneye +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Platycheirus albimanus +38 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Platycheirus albimanus +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 Pentland Way (Glencorse Reservoir to Swanston) Walking route ▾
Named route Local 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 72 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 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 Greenbank to Meadows Quiet Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 National Cycle Network
Show on map 9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dreghorn-Castlelaw Mountain bike route ▾
Bonaly - Glencorse off road cycle route Mountain bike route ▾
Harlaw-Glencorse Mountain bike route ▾
Great North Trail (Central Belt) Mountain bike route 83.7 km ▾
Named route Length 83.7 km National Cycle Network
Show on map Bavelaw-Flotterstone Mountain bike route ▾
Black Hill MTB Mountain bike route ▾
Photos Lothianburn Golf Course, Swanston
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Wildlife to spot
19,500 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 19,500 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Redwing · Magpie · Robin · Fieldfare · Bullfinch +40
Redwing Turdus iliacus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica2025 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid Corvus corone x cornix2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca2025 Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 7-spot Ladybird · Bibio pomonae · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Limnephilus sparsus · Hieroglyphic Ladybird +4
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Bibio pomonae Bibio pomonae Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Limnephilus sparsus Limnephilus sparsus Hieroglyphic Ladybird Coccinella hieroglyphica Eurhadina loewii Eurhadina loewii Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 19,500 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Redwing · Magpie · Robin · Fieldfare · Bullfinch +40
Redwing Turdus iliacus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica2025 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid Corvus corone x cornix2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca2025 Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 7-spot Ladybird · Bibio pomonae · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Limnephilus sparsus · Hieroglyphic Ladybird +4
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Bibio pomonae Bibio pomonae Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Limnephilus sparsus Limnephilus sparsus Hieroglyphic Ladybird Coccinella hieroglyphica Eurhadina loewii Eurhadina loewii Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus 