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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
56.46338, -2.99076
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2026
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
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 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
The Railway PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blairfield RoadWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Drovers' RoadWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
63 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
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Wildlife to spot
25,410 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,410 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Red Squirrel · Rabbit +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Hedgehog
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Syrphus · Red-legged Shieldbug · Eupeodes · Brown Chafer · 2-spot Ladybird +5
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- 7-spot Ladybird
Smooth Lady's-mantle
- Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,410 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Red Squirrel · Rabbit +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Hedgehog
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Syrphus · Red-legged Shieldbug · Eupeodes · Brown Chafer · 2-spot Ladybird +5
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- 7-spot Ladybird
Smooth Lady's-mantle
- Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Erinaceus europaeus
Erinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpesRed FoxVulpes vulpesCoccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria