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🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
56.14687, -3.26205
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦18+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Grafters Grub — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦18+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Grafters Grub — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Magpie, Robin +15 more · last seen 2024
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Green-veined White, Small White +187 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wall-rue, Daisy, Yorkshire-fog +64 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Swift, Magpie, Robin +15 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route▾
Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Lochgelly Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-point
Loch Leven Heritage TrailWalking route21 km▾
Named routeLength 21 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Lochend Farm and Scottish Gliding CentreWalking route9 km▾
Named routeLength 9 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lochore Meadows Skills LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Auchterderran Parish Church
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,584 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,584 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Magpie · Robin · Greylag Goose · Kestrel +10
- SwiftApus apus2022
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Bat · Badger
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BatChiroptera2025
- BadgerMeles meles2022
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2023
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2021
Feathered Thorn · Mottled Umber · Chestnut · Yellow-Line Quaker · Streak +24
- Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
- Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019
- ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
- Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
- StreakChesias legatella2019
- December MothPoecilocampa populi
Yorkshire-fog · Creeping Thistle · Spear Thistle · Taraxacum agg. · Bramble +62
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,584 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Magpie · Robin · Greylag Goose · Kestrel +10
- SwiftApus apus2022
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Bat · Badger
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BatChiroptera2025
- BadgerMeles meles2022
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2023
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2021
Feathered Thorn · Mottled Umber · Chestnut · Yellow-Line Quaker · Streak +24
- Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
- Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019
- ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
- Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
- StreakChesias legatella2019
- December MothPoecilocampa populi
Yorkshire-fog · Creeping Thistle · Spear Thistle · Taraxacum agg. · Bramble +62
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa2019Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusGreen Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridulaGreen Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridulaWinter MothOperophtera brumata2019Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019SallowCirrhia icteritia2019SallowCirrhia icteritia2019Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019Red Sword-grassXylena vetusta2019Red Sword-grassXylena vetusta2019Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019CleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareWild StrawberryFragaria vescaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataEarly Pampas-grassCortaderia richardiiEarly Pampas-grassCortaderia richardiiShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseNorway MapleAcer platanoidesNorway MapleAcer platanoidesSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperThale CressArabidopsis thalianaThale CressArabidopsis thalianaTutsanHypericum androsaemumTutsanHypericum androsaemumStellaria mediaStellaria mediaStellaria mediaStellaria mediaBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumCommon FumitoryFumaria officinalisCommon FumitoryFumaria officinalisHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisJacob's-ladderPolemonium caeruleumJacob's-ladderPolemonium caeruleumButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataJapanese KnotweedReynoutria japonicaJapanese KnotweedReynoutria japonicaCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysFeverfewTanacetum partheniumFeverfewTanacetum partheniumCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusBroomCytisus scopariusBroomCytisus scopariusSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumGarden PansyViola altaica x lutea x tricolor = V. x wittrockianaGarden PansyViola altaica x lutea x tricolor = V. x wittrockianaGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusGiant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2021Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2021