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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.98951, -3.95681
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 159m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 159m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Ringlet, Peacock, Green-veined White +19 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Ringlet, Peacock, Green-veined White +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Great North Trail (Central Belt)
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 754
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Antonine WayWalking route▾
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km▾
Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route
Abronhill and Palacerigg CircuitWalking 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
20 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 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Cumbernauld Cycle Route 3aCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3aLocal cycle route
Cumbernauld Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Cumbernauld Cycle Route 1bCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1bLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cumbernauld Mountain Bike TrackMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,046 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,046 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Goosander +34
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common GullLarus canus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Toad
Ringlet · Peacock · Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Common Darter +10
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marsh-marigold · Purple Viper's-bugloss · Clustered Dock · Crested Dog's-tail · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil +17
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Purple Viper's-buglossEchium plantagineum2024
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2024
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,046 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Goosander +34
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common GullLarus canus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Toad
Ringlet · Peacock · Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Common Darter +10
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marsh-marigold · Purple Viper's-bugloss · Clustered Dock · Crested Dog's-tail · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil +17
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Purple Viper's-buglossEchium plantagineum2024
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2024
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
SyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae20242024
2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024BeechFagus sylvatica2024Common SallowSalix cinerea2024Common SallowSalix cinerea2024Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2024ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2024Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2024Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2024Tufted LoosestrifeLysimachia thyrsiflora2024Tufted LoosestrifeLysimachia thyrsiflora2024Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2024Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2024Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2024Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2024Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024Rubus leptothyrsosRubus leptothyrsos2024Rubus leptothyrsosRubus leptothyrsos2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Slender RushJuncus tenuis2024Slender RushJuncus tenuis2024Events & activities nearby
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