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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
56.52269, -2.86398
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Wren
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Wren
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Dipper, Wren, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Dipper, Wren, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Spruce Carpet +80 more · last seen 2019
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 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
Green Circular RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route5.8 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 5.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,552 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,552 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Dipper · Mallard · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Grey Heron +36
- DipperCinclus cinclus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2021
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
- Rock DoveColumba livia2020
- CootFulica atra2020
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2020
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Painted Lady · Setaceous Hebrew Character · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Antler Moth · Chestnut +51
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
- Antler MothCerapteryx graminis
- ChestnutConistra vaccinii
- Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta
- Red-green Carpet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,552 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Dipper · Mallard · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Grey Heron +36
- DipperCinclus cinclus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2021
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
- Rock DoveColumba livia2020
- CootFulica atra2020
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2020
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Painted Lady · Setaceous Hebrew Character · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Antler Moth · Chestnut +51
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
- Antler MothCerapteryx graminis
- ChestnutConistra vaccinii
- Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta
- Red-green Carpet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chloroclysta siterata
Chloroclysta siterata
Spruce CarpetThera britannicaSpruce CarpetThera britannicaBrickSunira circellarisBrickSunira circellarisAngle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosaAngle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosaStreakChesias legatellaStreakChesias legatellaCommon Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncataCommon Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncataSmall Square-spotDiarsia rubiSmall Square-spotDiarsia rubiFlounced RusticLuperina testaceaFlounced RusticLuperina testaceaRosy RusticHydraecia micaceaRosy RusticHydraecia micaceaSmall WainscotDenticucullus pygminaSmall WainscotDenticucullus pygminaBrown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis lituraBrown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis lituraLarge Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronubaLarge Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronubaFrosted OrangeGortyna flavagoFrosted OrangeGortyna flavagoSmall WhitePieris rapaeSmall WhitePieris rapaePeacockAglais ioPeacockAglais ioSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeLarge WhitePieris brassicaeLarge WhitePieris brassicaeSnoutHypena proboscidalisSnoutHypena proboscidalisSmoky WainscotMythimna impuraSmoky WainscotMythimna impuraPurple ClayDiarsia brunneaPurple ClayDiarsia brunneaLatticed HeathChiasmia clathrataLatticed HeathChiasmia clathrataCabbage MothMamestra brassicaeCabbage MothMamestra brassicaeRed-necked FootmanAtolmis rubricollisRed-necked FootmanAtolmis rubricollisCommon White WaveCabera pusariaCommon White WaveCabera pusariaRivuletPerizoma affinitataRivuletPerizoma affinitataSmall Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselataSmall Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselataGarden TigerArctia cajaGarden TigerArctia cajaShaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiataShaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiataCommon CarpetEpirrhoe alternataCommon CarpetEpirrhoe alternataMuslin FootmanNudaria mundanaMuslin FootmanNudaria mundanaFlameAxylia putrisFlameAxylia putrisMottled RusticCaradrina morpheusMottled RusticCaradrina morpheusDark ArchesApamea monoglyphaDark ArchesApamea monoglyphaIngrailed ClayDiarsia mendicaIngrailed ClayDiarsia mendicaCommon Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.Foxglove PugEupithecia pulchellataFoxglove PugEupithecia pulchellataLight ArchesApamea lithoxylaeaLight ArchesApamea lithoxylaeaElephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenorElephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenorSilver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanataSilver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanataClayMythimna ferragoClayMythimna ferragoBright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleraceaBright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleraceaBarred YellowCidaria fulvataBarred YellowCidaria fulvataHeart & DartAgrotis exclamationisHeart & DartAgrotis exclamationisGreen ArchesAnaplectoides prasinaGreen ArchesAnaplectoides prasinaMarbled MinorOligia strigilisMarbled MinorOligia strigilisBurnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitisBurnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitisMap-winged SwiftKorscheltellus fusconebulosaMap-winged SwiftKorscheltellus fusconebulosaClouded BorderLomaspilis marginataClouded BorderLomaspilis marginataLempke's Gold SpotPlusia putnamiLempke's Gold SpotPlusia putnamiSmall RivuletPerizoma alchemillataSmall RivuletPerizoma alchemillata