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🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.93795, -3.40865
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Blackcap
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 267m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Blackcap
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 267m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Hairy Lady's-mantle, Sessile Oak +107 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km▾
Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route
92 signed routes nearby
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Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
NCN National Route Link 75, 754Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Almond PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
NCN 1 Edinburgh to Loch LevenCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 754Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
9,469 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,469 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Magpie · Herring Gull · Chiffchaff · Willow Warbler +32
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TealAnas crecca
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit · Otter · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- OtterLutra lutra2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Alpine Newt
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Japanese Knotweed · Green Alkanet · Russian Comfrey · Osier · Wood Avens +74
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
- Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2024
- OsierSalix viminalis2024
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,469 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Magpie · Herring Gull · Chiffchaff · Willow Warbler +32
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TealAnas crecca
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit · Otter · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- OtterLutra lutra2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Alpine Newt
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Japanese Knotweed · Green Alkanet · Russian Comfrey · Osier · Wood Avens +74
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
- Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2024
- OsierSalix viminalis2024
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2024Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2024False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2024Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2024ButterburPetasites hybridus2024ButterburPetasites hybridus2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024White WillowSalix alba2024White WillowSalix alba2024BroomCytisus scoparius2024BroomCytisus scoparius2024BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024BulrushTypha latifolia2024BulrushTypha latifolia2024WeldReseda luteola2024WeldReseda luteola2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2024Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Wood BurdockArctium nemorosum2024Wood BurdockArctium nemorosum2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2024Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Red FescueFestuca rubra2024Red FescueFestuca rubra2024Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2024Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2024Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2024Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2024Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2024Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024RaspberryRubus idaeus2024RaspberryRubus idaeus2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024ElderSambucus nigra2024ElderSambucus nigra2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024BeechFagus sylvatica2024BeechFagus sylvatica2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024AlderAlnus glutinosa2024AlderAlnus glutinosa2024Common CouchElymus repens2024Common CouchElymus repens2024GorseUlex europaeus2024GorseUlex europaeus2024Wych ElmUlmus glabra2024Wych ElmUlmus glabra2024