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🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
55.16600, -3.53498
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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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Coffee Bar — 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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Coffee Bar — 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🧺Picnic spot
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Teal, Blue Tit +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Teal, Blue Tit +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Ringlet, Small White, Peacock +63 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Ringlet, Small White, Peacock +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Romans and Reivers RouteWalking route84 km▾
Named routeLength 84 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Caledonian CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Regional cycle route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ae Downhill CourseMountain bike route▾
The Ae-LineMountain bike route24 km▾
Named routeLength 24 km
Larch View RouteMountain bike route▾
Ae Valley RouteMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
6,926 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,926 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspring
2026▾
Jackdaw · Mallard · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit +45
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TealAnas crecca
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great White EgretArdea alba2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Strix aluco sylvaticaStrix aluco sylvatica2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Otter +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- OtterLutra lutra
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Common Darter · Ringlet · Peacock · Small White · 7-spot Ladybird +6
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,926 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspring
2026▾
Jackdaw · Mallard · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit +45
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TealAnas crecca
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great White EgretArdea alba2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Strix aluco sylvaticaStrix aluco sylvatica2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Otter +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- OtterLutra lutra
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Common Darter · Ringlet · Peacock · Small White · 7-spot Ladybird +6
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
American MinkNeovison vison2024American MinkNeovison vison20242024
2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2024Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2024Events & activities nearby
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