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56.47231, -3.05120
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Limnephilus lunatus, 7-spot Ladybird, Field Grasshopper +72 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Limnephilus lunatus, 7-spot Ladybird, Field Grasshopper +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fife Coastal Path Walking route 190 km ▾
Named route Ref FCP Length 190 km Point-to-point National walking route
Show on map Bogle Burn Trail Walking route ▾
Columba Way on North FCP Walking route 59 km ▾
Entirely on North section of Fife Coastal Path.
Named route Ref CWNFCP Length 59 km Point-to-point National walking route
Show on map The Railway Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Blairfield Road Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 77 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 77 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 777 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 777 National Cycle Network
Show on map Green Circular Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Kingdom Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map River Tay Way Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Combining portions of NCN 7 and 77 to provide a route between Kenmore and Dundee, roughly following the course of the River Tay
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.8 km ▾
Named route Ref 77 Length 1.8 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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7,987 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,987 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 28 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Heron · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Jay · Woodpigeon +23
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 🦌 Mammals 8 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Beaver · Red Fox · Roe Deer +3
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2025 Beaver Castor fiber Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 🐝 Insects 36 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Acrossus rufipes · Carabus problematicus · Red-legged Shieldbug +31
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025 Acrossus rufipes Acrossus rufipes2025 Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,987 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 28 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Heron · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Jay · Woodpigeon +23
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 🦌 Mammals 8 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Beaver · Red Fox · Roe Deer +3
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2025 Beaver Castor fiber Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 🐝 Insects 36 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Acrossus rufipes · Carabus problematicus · Red-legged Shieldbug +31
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025 Acrossus rufipes Acrossus rufipes2025 Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Shrew Sorex araneus2025
Common Shrew Sorex araneus2025
Vulpes Vulpes2025
Vulpes Vulpes2025 Syrphus
Syrphus
Syrphus2025
Syrphus2025
Loensia fasciata Loensia fasciata2025
Loensia fasciata Loensia fasciata2025
Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis2025
Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis2025
Otiorhynchus armadillo Otiorhynchus armadillo2025
Otiorhynchus armadillo Otiorhynchus armadillo2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2025
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2025
Cantharis nigricans Cantharis nigricans2025
Cantharis nigricans Cantharis nigricans2025
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus2025
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus2025
Cantharis obscura Cantharis obscura2025
Cantharis obscura Cantharis obscura2025
Cacoxenus indagator Cacoxenus indagator2025
Cacoxenus indagator Cacoxenus indagator2025
Pterostichus niger Pterostichus niger
Pterostichus niger Pterostichus niger
Limnephilus lunatus Limnephilus lunatus2025
Limnephilus lunatus Limnephilus lunatus2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Limnephilus marmoratus Limnephilus marmoratus2025
Limnephilus marmoratus Limnephilus marmoratus2025
Platycheirus Platycheirus2025
Platycheirus Platycheirus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus2025
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis2025
Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis2025
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus2025
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus2025
Cantharis livida Cantharis livida2025
Cantharis livida Cantharis livida2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Clay-coloured Weevil Otiorhynchus singularis2025
Clay-coloured Weevil Otiorhynchus singularis2025 