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The Park

📷 Richard Sutcliffe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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56.24633, -3.15797

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +59 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Creeping Thistle, Himalayan Balsam, Annual Meadow-grass +25 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Creeping Thistle, Himalayan Balsam, Annual Meadow-grass +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug · last seen 2022; Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug · last seen 2022

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Braes Loan Circular Historical TrailWalking route

Named route

Fife Pilgrim WayWalking route

Culross or North Queensferry to St Andrews

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

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Cycling

36 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN National Route 766Cycling route

Named routeRef 766National Cycle Network

Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

NCN 1 Loch Leven to DundeeCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route135 m

Named routeRef 766Length 135 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route226 m

Named routeRef 1Length 226 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,496 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,496 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Skylark · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Yellowhammer +45

SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
JackdawColoeus monedula
SwallowHirundo rustica
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Mute SwanCygnus olor
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great TitParus major
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Barn OwlTyto alba
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
SwiftApus apus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Common GullLarus canus
MagpiePica pica
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Black SwanCygnus atratus2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
MerlinFalco columbarius2023

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Mammals6 species

springautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Brown Hare +1

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022

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Plants2 species

summer

2025

Creeping Thistle · Himalayan Balsam

Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,496 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Skylark · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Yellowhammer +45

SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
JackdawColoeus monedula
SwallowHirundo rustica
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Mute SwanCygnus olor
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great TitParus major
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Barn OwlTyto alba
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
SwiftApus apus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Common GullLarus canus
MagpiePica pica
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Black SwanCygnus atratus2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
MerlinFalco columbarius2023

🦌

Mammals6 species

springautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Brown Hare +1

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Creeping Thistle · Himalayan Balsam

Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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