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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
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55.95733, -3.17735
Open directionsv 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 ☕ Café VI — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ Café VI — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird +38 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird +38 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 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 Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref CEC18 Local walking route
Show on map John Muir Way (South Queensferry to Edinburgh part 1) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref JMW Point-to-point National walking route
Show on map 156 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route RR Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref RR Local cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 754 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 754 National Cycle Network
Show on map Quiet Route 10 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 10 Local cycle route
Show on map Quiet Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 Local cycle route
Show on map Quiet Route 9 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 9 Local cycle route
Show on map Quiet Route 11 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 11 Local cycle route
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Central Belt) Mountain bike route 83.7 km ▾
Named route Length 83.7 km National Cycle Network
Show on map Capital Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders) Mountain bike route 154.8 km ▾
Named route Length 154.8 km National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
110,133 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 110,133 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Robin · Moorhen · Chaffinch · Mallard +33
Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Teal Anas crecca Mute Swan Cygnus olor Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Tit Parus major Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Stock Dove Columba oenas Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Coal Tit Periparus ater Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Eider Somateria mollissima Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Nuthatch Sitta europaea Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Goosander Mergus merganser Goldcrest Regulus regulus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Weasel · Red Fox
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Weasel Mustela nivalis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Ectopsocus petersi · 10-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird +18
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Ectopsocus petersi Ectopsocus petersi 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 110,133 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Robin · Moorhen · Chaffinch · Mallard +33
Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Teal Anas crecca Mute Swan Cygnus olor Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Tit Parus major Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Stock Dove Columba oenas Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Coal Tit Periparus ater Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Eider Somateria mollissima Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Nuthatch Sitta europaea Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Goosander Mergus merganser Goldcrest Regulus regulus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Weasel · Red Fox
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Weasel Mustela nivalis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Ectopsocus petersi · 10-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird +18
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Ectopsocus petersi Ectopsocus petersi 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Flower Bug
Common Flower Bug
Anthocoris nemorum
Anthocoris nemorum
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Bronze Shieldbug Troilus luridus
Bronze Shieldbug Troilus luridus
Anthocoris confusus Anthocoris confusus
Anthocoris confusus Anthocoris confusus
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
18-spot Ladybird Myrrha octodecimguttata
18-spot Ladybird Myrrha octodecimguttata
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata
Dromius quadrimaculatus Dromius quadrimaculatus
Dromius quadrimaculatus Dromius quadrimaculatus
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus 