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Murrayfield Golf Course

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Paid entryDogs welcome

Getting here

55.94978, -3.26202

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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
⛳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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Robin, Jackdaw +48 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Jackdaw +48 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +86 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +86 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Wall Screw-moss, Cylindric Beard-moss, Common Feather-moss +31 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Wall Screw-moss, Cylindric Beard-moss, Common Feather-moss +31 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Royal MileWalking route

Named route

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational 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

John Muir Way (South Queensferry to Edinburgh part 2)Walking route

Named routeRef JMWPoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

188 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

Quiet Route 15Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Local cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km

Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

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

Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

40,485 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

40,485 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

winter

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Moorhen · Mallard +27

RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoosanderMergus merganser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
NuthatchSitta europaea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · American Mink

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
American MinkNeovison vison

🐝

Insects20 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +15

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Elipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinus2025
Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Phaonia signataPhaonia signata
Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Buchananiella continuaBuchananiella continua2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

40,485 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

winter

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Moorhen · Mallard +27

RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoosanderMergus merganser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
NuthatchSitta europaea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · American Mink

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
American MinkNeovison vison

🐝

Insects20 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +15

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Elipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinus2025
Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Phaonia signataPhaonia signata
Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Buchananiella continuaBuchananiella continua2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Lord · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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