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Reservoir (Lochgelly Town Council Water Works)

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

56.13697, -3.42749

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Wren +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Wren +63 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Sericomyia silentis, Cheilosia illustrata +89 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Sericomyia silentis, Cheilosia illustrata +89 more · last seen 2023

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Wood Sage, Stag's-horn Clubmoss, Parsley Piert +9 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Wood Sage, Stag's-horn Clubmoss, Parsley Piert +9 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Wrinkled Club · last seen 2019; Fungi — Wrinkled Club · last seen 2019

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route

Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Loch Leven Heritage TrailWalking route21 km

Named routeLength 21 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

🚴

Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route446 m

Named routeRef 1Length 446 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.7 km

Named routeRef 1Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.1 km

Named routeRef 1Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,399 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,399 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

springsummer

2025

Blue Tit · Green Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Wren · Swallow +37

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Great TitParus major2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
MagpiePica pica2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🌿

Plants4 species

winter

2025

Wood Sage · Stag's-horn Clubmoss · Parsley Piert · European Larch

Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Stag's-horn ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
European LarchLarix decidua

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,399 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

springsummer

2025

Blue Tit · Green Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Wren · Swallow +37

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Great TitParus major2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
MagpiePica pica2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🌿

Plants4 species

winter

2025

Wood Sage · Stag's-horn Clubmoss · Parsley Piert · European Larch

Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Stag's-horn ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
European LarchLarix decidua

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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