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🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
55.93894, -3.41263
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Chiffchaff
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Chiffchaff
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Chiffchaff, Great Tit +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Robin, Chiffchaff, Great Tit +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — False Oat-grass, Hogweed, Wild Cherry +192 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km▾
Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route
96 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
NCN National Route Link 75, 754Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Almond PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
NCN National Route 754Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,845 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,845 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Kestrel · Herring Gull · Mute Swan · Moorhen +30
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common GullLarus canus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- TealAnas crecca
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Alpine Newt
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
Western Honey Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Violet Bramble Rust · Peniophora cinerea · Jelly Ear · Peltigera membranacea · Elder Whitewash +1
- Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
- Peniophora cinereaPeniophora cinerea
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Peltigera membranaceaPeltigera membranacea
- Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
- Umbellifer MildewErysiphe heraclei
Hawthorn · Great Willowherb · Coltsfoot · Common Mouse-ear · Meadow Vetchling +86
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,845 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Kestrel · Herring Gull · Mute Swan · Moorhen +30
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common GullLarus canus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- TealAnas crecca
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Alpine Newt
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
Western Honey Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Violet Bramble Rust · Peniophora cinerea · Jelly Ear · Peltigera membranacea · Elder Whitewash +1
- Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
- Peniophora cinereaPeniophora cinerea
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Peltigera membranaceaPeltigera membranacea
- Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
- Umbellifer MildewErysiphe heraclei
Hawthorn · Great Willowherb · Coltsfoot · Common Mouse-ear · Meadow Vetchling +86
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas