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Olivebank Stadium

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Wigeon
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 149m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Wigeon
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 149m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePlayground

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4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Wigeon, Black-headed Gull +90 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Oystercatcher, Wigeon, Black-headed Gull +90 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird +3 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird +3 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Innocent RailwayWalking route

Named routeRef CEC5

Core PathsWalking route

East Lothian Core Path Network

Named routeLocal walking route

John Muir Way (Edinburgh to Prestonpans)Walking route15.8 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 15.8 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

North Esk WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Burdiehouse Burn Valley ParkWalking route

Named routeRef CEC1Local walking route

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Cycling

68 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route RRCycling route

Named routeRef RRLocal cycle route

Quiet Route 10Cycling route

Named routeRef 10Local cycle route

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

NCN National Route 196Cycling route

Named routeRef 196National Cycle Network

John Muir WayCycling route215 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

Dalkeith to Edinburgh via GilmertonCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

149,664 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

149,664 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Oystercatcher · Wigeon · Canada Goose · Gadwall · Shelduck +44

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WigeonMareca penelope
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GadwallMareca strepera
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedshankTringa totanus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
CurlewNumenius arquata
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Common GullLarus canus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
MagpiePica pica
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
TealAnas crecca
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Anser anser x Branta canadensisAnser anser x Branta canadensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunlinCalidris alpina

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Insects3 species

spring

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

149,664 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Oystercatcher · Wigeon · Canada Goose · Gadwall · Shelduck +44

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WigeonMareca penelope
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GadwallMareca strepera
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedshankTringa totanus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
CurlewNumenius arquata
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Common GullLarus canus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
MagpiePica pica
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
TealAnas crecca
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Anser anser x Branta canadensisAnser anser x Branta canadensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunlinCalidris alpina

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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