Middleton Wood

Dundee's Community Woodland

Woodland Wildlife

Kids Zone

What wildlife lives here?:-

  • lots of wild flowers like red campion
  • lots of minibeasts like beetles
  • lots of birds like curlews and blue tits
  • lots of other things like frogs and toads

Dog Rose, Roe Deer, Tortoise Shell, Swans and a Beetle.       

Wildlife at Middleton Wood - things to look for now

Peacock Butterfly
Peacock Butterfly sunning itself on a path
Yellow Hammer
Yellow hammer in a tree

Roe Deer hiding

Roe Deer hiding in the undergrowth

Teasel Flower

Curious Teasel flower

A lovelly picture by Zoe
A lovely picture of wildlife at Middleton Woods
 drawn at a recent event. Thank you Zoe.
Kesterl hunting over grassland
A Kestel hunting for small animals by hovering
Roe Deer Nibbling our new trees...
A Roe Deer nibbling on our new trees .....
...and nipping back out through the fence!!
..... and nipping back through the fence!
Very close picture of a Field Vole
A Field Vole - they eat grass
Blue Tailed Damselfly seen near the new pond
A Blue Tailed Damselfly - new visitor to the pond.
Braeview pupils surveying the wildlife of the pond
Finding pond wildlife
What was found in the pond
We found Waterboatmen, Snails, Leeches, Shrimps, Water Beetles, Pond Skaters, Midge larvae, Mayfly Nymph larvae, a frog and lots of Tadpoles

If you see any wildlife at Middleton Woods, let us know what it was and where you saw it. Email us - countryside.rangers@dundeecity.gov.uk