Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
56.45314, -2.99417
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Red-legged Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +37 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km▾
Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
Columba Way on North FCPWalking route59 km▾
Entirely on North section of Fife Coastal Path.
Named routeRef CWNFCPLength 59 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
Blairfield RoadWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Drovers' RoadWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
66 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
NCN National Route 77Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 77National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 777Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 777National Cycle Network
Green Circular RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
22,904 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,904 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Blackbird · Chaffinch +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Sitona obsoletus · Brown Chafer · 7-spot Ladybird · Ancistrocerus oviventris +3
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
- Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Ancistrocerus oviventrisAncistrocerus oviventris
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Smooth Lady's-mantle
- Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,904 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Blackbird · Chaffinch +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Sitona obsoletus · Brown Chafer · 7-spot Ladybird · Ancistrocerus oviventris +3
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
- Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Ancistrocerus oviventrisAncistrocerus oviventris
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Smooth Lady's-mantle
- Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
