Bellville Community Garden
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
55.94107, -4.74219
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Rock Dove
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 200m away — 10 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Rock Dove
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 200m away — 10 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Rock Dove, Black Guillemot +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Rock Dove, Black Guillemot +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Painted Lady, Large White, Small White +13 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 75
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Kelly CutWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Greenock CutWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Waterman's RoadWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Regional cycle route
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
Route 753Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 753National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route56 m▾
Named routeRef 75Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route355 m▾
Named routeRef 753Length 355 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route116 m▾
Named routeRef 75Length 116 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Belville Community Garden
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Wildlife to spot
3,891 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,891 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Black Guillemot · Herring Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Rock Dove · Eider +29
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GannetMorus bassanus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Melanostoma scalare
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
White Sedge · Carnation Sedge · Mat-grass · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Lemon-scented Fern +30
- White SedgeCarex canescens
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
- Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
- Fir ClubmossHuperzia selago
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,891 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Black Guillemot · Herring Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Rock Dove · Eider +29
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GannetMorus bassanus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Melanostoma scalare
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
White Sedge · Carnation Sedge · Mat-grass · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Lemon-scented Fern +30
- White SedgeCarex canescens
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
- Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
- Fir ClubmossHuperzia selago
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas