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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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56.12625, -3.20358

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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
🛝Playground 106m 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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 106m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

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8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Goldeneye, Mute Swan, Mallard +96 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Goldeneye, Mute Swan, Mallard +96 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Orange Ladybird, Polydrusus formosus · last seen 2023; Insects — Orange Ladybird, Polydrusus formosus · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route

Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

The Old North RoadWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

46 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

NCN National Route 766Cycling route

Named routeRef 766National Cycle Network

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route244 m

Named routeRef 766Length 244 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route111 m

Named routeRef 76Length 111 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route60 m

Named routeRef 766Length 60 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

10,479 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,479 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds56 species

springsummer

2025

Goldeneye · Oystercatcher · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Mallard · Herring Gull +51

GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
RavenCorvus corax
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
PochardAythya ferina2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
CootFulica atra2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
EiderSomateria mollissima
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Apus apus apusApus apus apus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024

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Mammals5 species

winterautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Harbour Seal

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2024

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Plants2 species

summer

2025

Broad-leaved Helleborine · Japanese Knotweed

Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,479 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

springsummer

2025

Goldeneye · Oystercatcher · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Mallard · Herring Gull +51

GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
RavenCorvus corax
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
PochardAythya ferina2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
CootFulica atra2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
EiderSomateria mollissima
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Apus apus apusApus apus apus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Harbour Seal

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2024

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Broad-leaved Helleborine · Japanese Knotweed

Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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