🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
55.96795, -3.18800
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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▾
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Wildlife to spot
99,727 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
99,727 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Dunnock +35
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- 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
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TealAnas crecca
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- 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
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
10-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Cream-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig · Bronze Shieldbug +8
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
99,727 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Dunnock +35
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- 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
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TealAnas crecca
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- 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
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
10-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Cream-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig · Bronze Shieldbug +8
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaeBirch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaeCommon Flower BugAnthocoris nemorumCommon Flower BugAnthocoris nemorumOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata