A free, interactive mobile app offers a new way for visitors to explore the wildlife and trails around Drumpellier Country Park.
Developed by Brilliant Trails, the Visit DCP app highlights three walking routes around the park and, using GPS technology along the way, tells visitors about nearby natural features and wildlife.
The three routes are:
- The Lochside Trail, a leisurely one-mile stroll around the loch which takes around 30 minutes;
- For those feeling a bit more adventurous, the Woodland and Peatland Trail spurs off the lochside trail to take in a different array of habitats; and
- The Nature Trail, which starts at either the visitor centre or the Blair Road entrance and takes in some of the newest additions to Drumpellier – from wildflower meadows and tree rubbing posts, to solitary bee homes and stone gabion hibernacula (stoney homes for newts, frogs and invertebrates to ride out the winter months).
The Visit DCP app also includes fun quiz questions as well as puzzles and even Augmented Reality wildlife masks to take a deer, frog or swan selfie!
“Drumpellier Country Park is a great place for days out with children or to walk and cycle, and our new Brilliant Trails app brings a new experience for visitors,” said Councillor Helen Loughran, Convener of the Environment and Climate Change Committee.
“It offers virtual guided tours around the park, pointing out the biodiversity, wildlife and features as you walk and allowing children to learn about the nature they can see around them.”
The app can be downloaded for free via the App Store or Google Play Store: Visit DCP on the App Store (apple.com) or Visit DCP - Apps on Google Play.
The project is funded by the UK Government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund.