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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome49 ha
Getting here
56.47080, -3.03993
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Tesco Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Tesco Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Great Tit +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Great Tit +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Limnephilus lunatus, 7-spot Ladybird, Red-legged Shieldbug +83 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km▾
Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
Bogle Burn TrailWalking 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
The Railway PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blairfield RoadWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
40 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
NCN National Route 77Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 77National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 777Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 777National Cycle Network
Green Circular RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
16,252 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,252 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jay · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin +25
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black TernChlidonias niger2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Beaver · Red Fox · Roe Deer +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects22 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Red-legged Shieldbug · Acrossus rufipes · Carabus problematicus +17
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2025
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,252 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jay · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin +25
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black TernChlidonias niger2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Beaver · Red Fox · Roe Deer +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects22 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Red-legged Shieldbug · Acrossus rufipes · Carabus problematicus +17
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2025
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pine Weevil
Pine Weevil
Hylobius abietis2025
Hylobius abietis2025
Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2025Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Pterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerSitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus2025Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025