Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.96793, -3.18804
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕DelishYoss — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕DelishYoss — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Moorhen, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Moorhen, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Water of Leith Walkway (Currie to Slateford)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Royal MileWalking route▾
Innocent RailwayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CEC5
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km▾
Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route
Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith)Walking route▾
Named routeRef CEC18Local walking route
145 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 76Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
John Muir WayCycling route215 km▾
Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route
Quiet Route 20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 20Local cycle route
Quiet Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Quiet Route 61Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 61Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
Cycle speedway track, Redbraes Park
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Wildlife to spot
99,728 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
99,728 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Dunnock +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- TealAnas crecca
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CootFulica atra
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
10-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Cream-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +8
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
- Common Flower Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
99,728 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Dunnock +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- TealAnas crecca
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CootFulica atra
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
10-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Cream-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +8
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
- Common Flower Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anthocoris nemorum
Anthocoris nemorum
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus