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Seafield Recreation Ground

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.96584, -3.13823

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Orange Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird · last seen 2026; Insects — Orange Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Royal MileWalking route

Named route

Innocent RailwayWalking route

Named routeRef CEC5

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route

Core PathsWalking route

East Lothian Core Path Network

Named routeLocal walking route

Water of Leith Walkway (Slateford to Leith)Walking route

Named routeRef CEC18Local walking route

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Cycling

137 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

John Muir WayCycling route215 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

Quiet Route 20Cycling route

Named routeRef 20Local cycle route

Quiet Route 61Cycling route

Named routeRef 61Local cycle route

Quiet Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13Local cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

71,801 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

71,801 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winter

2026

Teal · Mute Swan · Mallard · Moorhen · Coot +39

TealAnas crecca
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MagpiePica pica
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SiskinSpinus spinus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
DipperCinclus cinclus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
Stock DoveColumba oenas
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025

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Mammals3 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · House Mouse

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
House MouseMus musculus

🐝

Insects2 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

71,801 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winter

2026

Teal · Mute Swan · Mallard · Moorhen · Coot +39

TealAnas crecca
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MagpiePica pica
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SiskinSpinus spinus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
DipperCinclus cinclus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
Stock DoveColumba oenas
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · House Mouse

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
House MouseMus musculus

🐝

Insects2 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

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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