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🦉Wildlife🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.93479, -3.46657
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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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Dotty's Sandwich and Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Dotty's Sandwich and Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Eyebright, Giant Hogweed, Silver Birch +98 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Eyebright, Giant Hogweed, Silver Birch +98 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km▾
Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route
National Footpath Demonstration SiteWalking route▾
99 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
NCN National Route Link 75, 754Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Peel PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Almond PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 754Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network
Uphall to East CalderCycling route▾
Named routeRef WL17Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
6,452 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,452 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Green Grasshopper · Syrphus · Eristalis tenax · Cicadella viridis · Marmalade Hoverfly +3
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Neomyia cornicina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,452 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Green Grasshopper · Syrphus · Eristalis tenax · Cicadella viridis · Marmalade Hoverfly +3
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Neomyia cornicina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Neomyia cornicina
Neomyia cornicina
Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilisDryomyza anilisDryomyza anilisEvents & activities nearby
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