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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
56.67407, -3.00113
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Mute Swan
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bridges Coffee House — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Mute Swan
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bridges Coffee House — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Mute Swan, Woodpigeon +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Mute Swan, Woodpigeon +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
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
Photos
Willow crocodile in the J. M. Barrie garden, Kirriemuir
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
15,185 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,185 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Mallard · Blue Tit · Robin · Rook +38
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TealAnas crecca
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great TitParus major
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WigeonMareca penelope
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- CootFulica atra
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
🦌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
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes luniger · Helophilus pendulus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Scots Pine · Water Horsetail · Hogweed · Ground-elder · Creeping Thistle +10
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,185 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Mallard · Blue Tit · Robin · Rook +38
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TealAnas crecca
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great TitParus major
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WigeonMareca penelope
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- CootFulica atra
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
🦌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
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes luniger · Helophilus pendulus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Scots Pine · Water Horsetail · Hogweed · Ground-elder · Creeping Thistle +10
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas