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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
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55.95422, -3.19316
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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Costa — 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Costa — 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 🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
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 11 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 165 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
Show on map Photos View towards St. Andrew Square from Edinburgh Castle
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Wildlife to spot
110,817 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 110,817 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Mallard +31
Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Dipper Cinclus cinclus Magpie Pica pica Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major House Sparrow Passer domesticus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Great Tit Parus major Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Stock Dove Columba oenas Teal Anas crecca Coal Tit Periparus ater Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coot Fulica atra Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Goosander Mergus merganser Goldcrest Regulus regulus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Weasel
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Weasel Mustela nivalis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Tephrochlamys rufiventris +11
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris Ectopsocus petersi Ectopsocus petersi Cream-spot Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 110,817 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Mallard +31
Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Dipper Cinclus cinclus Magpie Pica pica Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major House Sparrow Passer domesticus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Great Tit Parus major Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Stock Dove Columba oenas Teal Anas crecca Coal Tit Periparus ater Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coot Fulica atra Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Goosander Mergus merganser Goldcrest Regulus regulus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Weasel
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Weasel Mustela nivalis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Tephrochlamys rufiventris +11
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris Ectopsocus petersi Ectopsocus petersi Cream-spot Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Bronze Shieldbug Troilus luridus
Bronze Shieldbug Troilus luridus
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata 