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🌳Ancient🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome221 ha
Getting here
56.20141, -3.18891
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Magpie
- 🧺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
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Magpie
- 🧺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· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Dipper, Magpie, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Common Knapweed, Rowan +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Dipper, Magpie, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Braes Loan Circular Historical TrailWalking route▾
Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route▾
Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
The Glen Vale PathWalking route7.7 km▾
Named routeLength 7.7 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Bishop Hill LoopWalking route12.5 km▾
Named routeLength 12.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Drumain DanderWalking route4 km▾
Named routeLength 4 kmRound tripLocal walking route
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
NCN National Route 766Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 766National Cycle Network
Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
NCN 1 Loch Leven to DundeeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route135 m▾
Named routeRef 766Length 135 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 766Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
12,904 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,904 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Raven · Fieldfare · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Goldfinch +42
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Pine Marten
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Pine MartenMartes martes2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Admiral · Red-legged Shieldbug · Small Tortoiseshell · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Mikiola fagi +3
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Mikiola fagiMikiola fagi
- Small WhitePieris rapae
Amanita'r Gwybed
- Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria
Lords-and-Ladies · Common Knapweed · Rowan · Japanese Rose · Daisy +1
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- DaisyBellis perennis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,904 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Raven · Fieldfare · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Goldfinch +42
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Pine Marten
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Pine MartenMartes martes2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Admiral · Red-legged Shieldbug · Small Tortoiseshell · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Mikiola fagi +3
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Mikiola fagiMikiola fagi
- Small WhitePieris rapae
Amanita'r Gwybed
- Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria
Lords-and-Ladies · Common Knapweed · Rowan · Japanese Rose · Daisy +1
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- DaisyBellis perennis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Peacock
Peacock
Aglais io
Aglais io
Banded ClubhornAbia fasciataBanded ClubhornAbia fasciata