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55.96666, -3.15326
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 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 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +10 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +10 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Royal Mile Walking route ▾
Innocent Railway Walking route ▾
Named route Ref CEC5
Show on map Forth & Clyde/Union Canal Towpath Walking route 106 km ▾
Named route Length 106 km National walking route
Show on map Core Paths Walking route ▾
East Lothian Core Path Network
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref CEC18 Local walking route
Show on map 141 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 76 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 76 Point-to-point National Cycle Network
Show on map John Muir Way Cycling route 215 km ▾
Named route Ref JMW Length 215 km Point-to-point Regional cycle route
Show on map Quiet Route 20 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 20 Local cycle route
Show on map Quiet Route 8 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 Local cycle route
Show on map Quiet Route 61 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 61 Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Trail Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
61,323 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 61,323 records · National Biodiversity Network Teal · Robin · Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Blackbird +29
Teal Anas crecca Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coot Fulica atra House Sparrow Passer domesticus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Dunnock Prunella modularis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Turnstone Arenaria interpres Goldcrest Regulus regulus Greylag Goose Anser anser Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Eider Somateria mollissima Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Goosander Mergus merganser Siskin Spinus spinus Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Weasel +2
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Weasel Mustela nivalis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes House Mouse Mus musculus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
10-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Birch Catkin Bug · Pine Ladybird +2
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Larder Beetle Dermestes lardarius Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 61,323 records · National Biodiversity Network Teal · Robin · Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Blackbird +29
Teal Anas crecca Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coot Fulica atra House Sparrow Passer domesticus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Dunnock Prunella modularis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Turnstone Arenaria interpres Goldcrest Regulus regulus Greylag Goose Anser anser Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Eider Somateria mollissima Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Goosander Mergus merganser Siskin Spinus spinus Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Weasel +2
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Weasel Mustela nivalis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes House Mouse Mus musculus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
10-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Birch Catkin Bug · Pine Ladybird +2
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Larder Beetle Dermestes lardarius Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
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