🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
55.74673, -4.17537
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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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 258m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 258m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Jackdaw +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Jackdaw +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Hawthorn · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Magnificent 11Walking route▾
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33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 756Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 756National Cycle Network
East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
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East Kilbride to Strathaven cycle routeCycling route▾
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East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route▾
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East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
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Eaglesham to Strathaven Cycle RouteCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
9,366 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,366 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Goldfinch · Robin +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Common GullLarus canus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwiftApus apus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Green-veined White · Common Darter · Ringlet · Common Hawker · Black Darter +11
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Sylvicola fenestralisSylvicola fenestralis
Hawthorn
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,366 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Goldfinch · Robin +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Common GullLarus canus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwiftApus apus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Green-veined White · Common Darter · Ringlet · Common Hawker · Black Darter +11
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Sylvicola fenestralisSylvicola fenestralis
Hawthorn
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
11-spot Ladybird
11-spot Ladybird
Coccinella undecimpunctata
Coccinella undecimpunctata
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