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Riverview Park

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

56.48001, -2.81116

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 182m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 182m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePlayground

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Waxwing, Carrion Crow, Dunnock +45 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Waxwing, Carrion Crow, Dunnock +45 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN 1 Dundee to Tain

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km

Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Columba Way on North FCPWalking route59 km

Entirely on North section of Fife Coastal Path.

Named routeRef CWNFCPLength 59 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

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Cycling

29 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route

Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Green Circular RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Pine Cone TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

NCN 1 Loch Leven to DundeeCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

18,099 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

18,099 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

autumnwinter

2026

Waxwing · Carrion Crow · Dunnock · Goldfinch · Blackbird +43

WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025

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Mammals4 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Squirrel · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

18,099 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

autumnwinter

2026

Waxwing · Carrion Crow · Dunnock · Goldfinch · Blackbird +43

WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025

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Mammals4 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Squirrel · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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