Tay View Community Garden
0 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
56.46735, -2.95634
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Enjoy! — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Enjoy! — 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🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Coot, Mute Swan +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Coot, Mute Swan +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km▾
Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking 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
Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
64 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
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Wildlife to spot
7,010 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,010 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Coot · Mallard · Grey Heron · Rock Dove · Mute Swan +29
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula2025
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Rabbit +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Daubenton's Bat
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Eupeodes · Brown Chafer · 2-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper +4
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,010 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Coot · Mallard · Grey Heron · Rock Dove · Mute Swan +29
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula2025
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Rabbit +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Daubenton's Bat
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Eupeodes · Brown Chafer · 2-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper +4
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Myotis daubentonii
Myotis daubentonii
Red FoxVulpes vulpesRed FoxVulpes vulpesCantharis nigricans
Cantharis nigricans
Cantharis nigricans
Cantharis nigricans
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis