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📷 Douglas Nelson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

56.48686, -2.98896

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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 on site — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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 on site — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

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 — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Magpie +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Magpie +59 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Syrphus, 10-spot Ladybird +23 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Syrphus, 10-spot Ladybird +23 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

8 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

Wally's WyndWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Railway PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Blairfield RoadWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

60 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

NCN National Route 777Cycling route

Named routeRef 777National Cycle Network

Green Circular RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

14,320 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,320 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Magpie · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Wren · Blue Tit +29

MagpiePica pica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
DipperCinclus cinclus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Common GullLarus canus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Black TernChlidonias niger
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SwiftApus apus

🦌

Mammals7 species

summerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten · Beaver · Red Fox · Red Squirrel +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pine MartenMartes martes
BeaverCastor fiber
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
OtterLutra lutra
Roe Deer

🐝

Insects3 species

autumn

2025

Syrphus · 10-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird

SyrphusSyrphus
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,320 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Magpie · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Wren · Blue Tit +29

MagpiePica pica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
DipperCinclus cinclus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Common GullLarus canus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Black TernChlidonias niger
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SwiftApus apus

🦌

Mammals7 species

summerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten · Beaver · Red Fox · Red Squirrel +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pine MartenMartes martes
BeaverCastor fiber
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
OtterLutra lutra
Roe Deer

🐝

Insects3 species

autumn

2025

Syrphus · 10-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird

SyrphusSyrphus
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Douglas Nelson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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