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Banton Loch

58 ha

📷 Richard Sutcliffe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome58 ha

Getting here

55.98326, -4.02302

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Rough Hawkbit, Japanese Knotweed, Nipplewort +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Cream-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Hawthorn Shieldbug +1 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Cream-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Hawthorn Shieldbug +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Antonine WayWalking route

Named route

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route

Abronhill and Palacerigg CircuitWalking route

Named route

Camp Castlecary CircuitWalking route4 km

Named routeLength 4 kmRound trip

John Muir Way (Croy to Falkirk)Walking route20 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 20 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

22 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

John Muir WayCycling route215 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

Cumbernauld Cycle Route 4aCycling route

Named routeRef 4aLocal cycle route

Cumbernauld Cycle Route 1eCycling route

Named routeRef 1eLocal cycle route

Cumbernauld Cycle Route 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

Cumbernauld Cycle Route 1fCycling route

Named routeRef 1fLocal cycle route

Cumbernauld Cycle Route 3aCycling route

Named routeRef 3aLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cumbernauld Mountain Bike TrackMountain bike route

Named route

Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km

Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network

Eas DubhMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

6,155 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,155 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Mallard · Mute Swan · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +55

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird

Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024

🌿

Plants9 species

autumn

2025

Rough Hawkbit · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Japanese Knotweed · Nipplewort · Swedish Whitebeam +4

Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2024
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2024
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
NipplewortLapsana communis
Swedish WhitebeamSorbus intermedia2024
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,155 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Mallard · Mute Swan · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +55

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird

Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024

🌿

Plants9 species

autumn

2025

Rough Hawkbit · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Japanese Knotweed · Nipplewort · Swedish Whitebeam +4

Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2024
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2024
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
NipplewortLapsana communis
Swedish WhitebeamSorbus intermedia2024
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Sutcliffe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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