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Ravenscraig Park

77 ha

📷 Graham Hogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome77 ha

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56.12176, -3.13232

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦98+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Carrion Crow
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 280m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦98+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Carrion Crow
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 280m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePicnic spotPlayground

Best for

12 activities

Ancient woodland

Very strong match

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Free

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Eider +95 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers

Free

Bluebell walks

Very strong match

Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Rosebay Willowherb, Black Nightshade, Honckenya +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Eider +95 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

45 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

7,693 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,693 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumn

2025

Oystercatcher · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Gannet +49

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GannetMorus bassanus
Rock DoveColumba livia
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
EiderSomateria mollissima
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
MagpiePica pica
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
CurlewNumenius arquata
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
GoosanderMergus merganser
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
NuthatchSitta europaea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RedshankTringa totanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SanderlingCalidris alba
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RazorbillAlca torda
SwallowHirundo rustica
Great TitParus major
Common GullLarus canus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major

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Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Rosebay Willowherb · Japanese Knotweed

Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,693 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumn

2025

Oystercatcher · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Gannet +49

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GannetMorus bassanus
Rock DoveColumba livia
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
EiderSomateria mollissima
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
MagpiePica pica
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
CurlewNumenius arquata
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
GoosanderMergus merganser
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
NuthatchSitta europaea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RedshankTringa totanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SanderlingCalidris alba
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RazorbillAlca torda
SwallowHirundo rustica
Great TitParus major
Common GullLarus canus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Rosebay Willowherb · Japanese Knotweed

Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Graham Hogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Trees in Ravenscraig Park

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