🛝Family🎠Play🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
57.16745, -2.10811
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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
- ☕Hardback Cafe — 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
- ☕Hardback Cafe — 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🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN 1 Dundee to Tain
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km112 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
City Centre<>Airport LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Deeside WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 195National Cycle Network
NCN 1 Dundee to TainCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route10 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
38,216 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,216 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- TealAnas crecca
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
winterspring
2026▾
2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Melangyna lasiophthalma · Beech Leaf Miner · Parasyrphus punctulatus +7
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Melangyna lasiophthalmaMelangyna lasiophthalma
- Beech Leaf MinerOrchestes fagi
- Parasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Common Smoothcap · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Dilated Scalewort · Capillary Thread-moss · Waved Silk-moss +4
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
- Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
- Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia
- Even Scalewort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,216 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- TealAnas crecca
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
winterspring
2026▾
2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Melangyna lasiophthalma · Beech Leaf Miner · Parasyrphus punctulatus +7
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Melangyna lasiophthalmaMelangyna lasiophthalma
- Beech Leaf MinerOrchestes fagi
- Parasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Common Smoothcap · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Dilated Scalewort · Capillary Thread-moss · Waved Silk-moss +4
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
- Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
- Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia
- Even Scalewort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Radula complanata
Radula complanata
Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferumHair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumEvents & activities nearby
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