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Alexandra Park

📷 Elliott Simpson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

55.87486, -4.38610

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 379m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 379m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +78 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +78 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +6 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Clyde Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route

Kelvin WalkwayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Whithorn Way - a Glasgow Cathedral to GirvanWalking route

This creation is Glasgow Cathedral to Girvan. Any route from Girvan is a busy road with no shoulders. Bus/Train to Barrhill and continue to Whithorn, the spiritual home of Saint Ninian..

Named routeRef WW-aRegional walking route

Drumchapel WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

101 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 754Cycling route

Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network

Kelvin CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Colleges Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Garscadden WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Garscube Estate Cycle RoutesCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (Grampian Mountains)Mountain bike route261.2 km

Named routeLength 261.2 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

19,556 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

19,556 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Teal · Blackbird · Magpie · Cormorant +44

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great TitParus major2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025

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Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Harbour Seal · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects2 species

springautumn

2026

Orange Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

19,556 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Teal · Blackbird · Magpie · Cormorant +44

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great TitParus major2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Harbour Seal · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects2 species

springautumn

2026

Orange Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Elliott Simpson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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