Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.63311, -3.69053
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Great Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Great Tit
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rook, Great Tit, Robin +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Rook, Great Tit, Robin +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Pignut, Meadow Vetchling, Cock's-foot +119 more · last seen 2017
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Green-veined White +6 more · last seen 2019
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lanark to Biggar via Hyndford BridgeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lanark (Kirkfieldbank) to BiggarCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
658 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
658 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
winterspring
2025▾
Merlin · Magpie · Blackbird · Kestrel · Jay +16
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great White EgretArdea alba2024
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2019
- NuthatchSitta europaea2018
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Ringlet · Small Tortoiseshell · Herald · Speckled Wood · Green-veined White
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2018
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
Dandelion · Yorkshire-fog · Meadow Vetchling · Sitka Spruce · Callitriche stagnalis +143
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
- Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
658 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
winterspring
2025▾
Merlin · Magpie · Blackbird · Kestrel · Jay +16
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great White EgretArdea alba2024
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2019
- NuthatchSitta europaea2018
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Ringlet · Small Tortoiseshell · Herald · Speckled Wood · Green-veined White
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2018
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
Dandelion · Yorkshire-fog · Meadow Vetchling · Sitka Spruce · Callitriche stagnalis +143
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
- Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
