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Mortonhall Cemetery

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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55.90236, -3.17151

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🐕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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreeToilets

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Red-legged Shieldbug +62 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Red-legged Shieldbug +62 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

toilets

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Innocent RailwayWalking route

Named routeRef CEC5

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route

Pentland Way (Glencorse Reservoir to Swanston)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith)Walking route

Named routeRef CEC18Local walking route

John Muir Way (South Queensferry to Edinburgh part 1)Walking route

Named routeRef JMWPoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

97 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 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

Quiet Route 9Cycling route

Named routeRef 9Local cycle route

Quiet Route 11Cycling route

Named routeRef 11Local cycle route

Greenbank to Meadows Quiet RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Dreghorn-CastlelawMountain bike route

Named route

Bavelaw-FlotterstoneMountain bike route

Named route

Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km

Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

29,003 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

29,003 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winter

2026

Redwing · Magpie · Robin · Fieldfare · Carrion Crow +36

RedwingTurdus iliacus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Badger

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects14 species

winter

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Acericerus heydenii · Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird +9

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Dromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatus
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

29,003 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winter

2026

Redwing · Magpie · Robin · Fieldfare · Carrion Crow +36

RedwingTurdus iliacus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Badger

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects14 species

winter

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Acericerus heydenii · Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird +9

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Dromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatus
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025

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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