Sir William Macpherson Park
🦉Wildlife🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
56.59410, -3.33731
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
- ☕Cateran Café — 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
- ☕Cateran Café — 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· Free🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +45 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Cateran Trail
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cateran TrailWalking route104 km▾
Blairgowrie
Named routeLength 104 kmRound tripNational walking route
Ardblair TrailWalking route▾
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Riverside Park, Blairgowrie
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Wildlife to spot
17,864 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,864 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Wren · Jackdaw +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals9 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Beaver · Wild Cat Hybrid · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle +4
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Wild Cat HybridFelis silvestris x catus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Red Fox
🐝Insects4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Eupeodes · Eristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- EupeodesEupeodes2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,864 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Wren · Jackdaw +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals9 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Beaver · Wild Cat Hybrid · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle +4
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Wild Cat HybridFelis silvestris x catus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Red Fox
🐝Insects4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Eupeodes · Eristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- EupeodesEupeodes2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Vulpes vulpes
OtterLutra lutraOtterLutra lutraPipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025Events & activities nearby
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