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Birkmyre Park

📷 Thomas Nugent · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

55.93194, -4.69383

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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 126m 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 126m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Jackdaw +44 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Jackdaw +44 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 75

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Clyde Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

45 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 21Cycling route

Named routeRef 21Regional cycle route

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route56 m

Named routeRef 75Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route19 m

Named routeRef 75Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route90 m

Named routeLength 90 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route522 m

Named routeRef 75Length 522 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,831 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,831 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Cormorant · Black-headed Gull +42

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Great TitParus major2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2024

Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel

Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Dark Giant Horsefly

Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,831 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Oystercatcher · Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Cormorant · Black-headed Gull +42

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Great TitParus major2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2024

Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel

Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Dark Giant Horsefly

Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Thomas Nugent · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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