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Middleton Wood

18 ha

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha

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56.49599, -2.92596

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Dipper, Redwing, Fieldfare +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Dipper, Redwing, Fieldfare +63 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, 2-spot Ladybird, Eupeodes +24 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, 2-spot Ladybird, Eupeodes +24 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 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

🚴

Cycling

43 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

Green Circular RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

NCN 1 Loch Leven to DundeeCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

2,179 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,179 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

spring

2025

Redwing · Fieldfare · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +44

RedwingTurdus iliacus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DipperCinclus cinclus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
DunnockPrunella modularis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
SwiftApus apus2023

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Mammals10 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Red Fox · Rabbit · Red Squirrel +5

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🐝

Insects7 species

springsummer

2025

Eupeodes · Vagrant Emperor · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cream-spot Ladybird · Cantharis nigricans +2

EupeodesEupeodes
Vagrant EmperorAnax ephippiger
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,179 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

spring

2025

Redwing · Fieldfare · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +44

RedwingTurdus iliacus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DipperCinclus cinclus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
DunnockPrunella modularis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
SwiftApus apus2023

🦌

Mammals10 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Red Fox · Rabbit · Red Squirrel +5

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🐝

Insects7 species

springsummer

2025

Eupeodes · Vagrant Emperor · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cream-spot Ladybird · Cantharis nigricans +2

EupeodesEupeodes
Vagrant EmperorAnax ephippiger
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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