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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
56.67118, -3.00252
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕The Garden Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕The Garden 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 — Swift, Woodpigeon, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax, Cream-spot Ladybird +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Curled Dock / Broad-leaved Dock, Cleavers, Common Sorrel +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Forfar Path CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Reedie Market Drove RoadWalking route6 km▾
Named routeLength 6 kmLocal walking route
Westmuir LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Kirrie HillWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Kinnordy LochWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
8,051 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,051 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Chiffchaff · Swift · Song Thrush · Tree Sparrow +37
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Sylvia borin borinSylvia borin borin2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Roe Deer · Stoat
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Large Red Damselfly · Cream-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes luniger +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Water Horsetail · Scots Pine · Hawthorn · Hogweed · Ground-elder +10
- Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,051 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Chiffchaff · Swift · Song Thrush · Tree Sparrow +37
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Sylvia borin borinSylvia borin borin2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Roe Deer · Stoat
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Large Red Damselfly · Cream-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes luniger +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Water Horsetail · Scots Pine · Hawthorn · Hogweed · Ground-elder +10
- Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
