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Moredun Park

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.91126, -3.13524

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 288m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 288m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePlayground

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Red-legged Shieldbug +71 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Red-legged Shieldbug +71 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Thedgonia ligustrina · last seen 2025; Fungi — Thedgonia ligustrina · last seen 2025

Varies

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Great Scented Liverwort · last seen 2024; Plants — Great Scented Liverwort · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Royal MileWalking route

Named route

Innocent RailwayWalking route

Named routeRef CEC5

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route

Core PathsWalking route

East Lothian Core Path Network

Named routeLocal walking route

Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith)Walking route

Named routeRef CEC18Local walking route

🚴

Cycling

120 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route RRCycling route

Named routeRef RRLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 754Cycling route

Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network

Quiet Route 10Cycling route

Named routeRef 10Local cycle route

Quiet Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

Greenbank to Meadows Quiet RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

City Centre West to East LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

25,758 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

25,758 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

autumnwinter

2026

Jackdaw · Buzzard · Goldfinch · Magpie · Robin +31

JackdawColoeus monedula
BuzzardButeo buteo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Hedgehog

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects22 species

winterautumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Acericerus heydenii +17

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Dromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatus
Phytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliaePhytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliae2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
Elipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025
Phytocoris (Phytocoris) populiPhytocoris (Phytocoris) populi2025
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025
Grypotes puncticollisGrypotes puncticollis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,758 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

autumnwinter

2026

Jackdaw · Buzzard · Goldfinch · Magpie · Robin +31

JackdawColoeus monedula
BuzzardButeo buteo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Hedgehog

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects22 species

winterautumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Acericerus heydenii +17

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Dromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatus
Phytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliaePhytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliae2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
Elipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025
Phytocoris (Phytocoris) populiPhytocoris (Phytocoris) populi2025
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025
Grypotes puncticollisGrypotes puncticollis2025

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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