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55.96185, -3.99612
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🛝 Playground 231m 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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🛝 Playground 231m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Raven, Mute Swan +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Raven, Mute Swan +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Horsetail, Japanese Knotweed, Cornflower +30 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Wood Horsetail, Japanese Knotweed, Cornflower +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Painted Lady, Peacock, Green-veined White +29 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Painted Lady, Peacock, Green-veined White +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Antonine Way Walking route ▾
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal Towpath Walking route 106 km ▾
Named route Length 106 km National walking route
Show on map Abronhill and Palacerigg Circuit Walking route ▾
Camp Castlecary Circuit Walking route 4 km ▾
Named route Length 4 km Round trip
Show on map John Muir Way (Croy to Falkirk) Walking route 20 km ▾
Named route Ref JMW Length 20 km Point-to-point National walking route
Show on map 25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John Muir Way Cycling route 215 km ▾
Named route Ref JMW Length 215 km Point-to-point Regional cycle route
Show on map Cumbernauld Cycle Route 4a Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4a Local cycle route
Show on map Cumbernauld Cycle Route 1e Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1e Local cycle route
Show on map Cumbernauld Cycle Route 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 Local cycle route
Show on map Cumbernauld Cycle Route 1f Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1f Local cycle route
Show on map Cumbernauld Cycle Route 3a Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3a Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cumbernauld Mountain Bike Track Mountain bike route ▾
Great North Trail (Central Belt) Mountain bike route 83.7 km ▾
Named route Length 83.7 km National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,620 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,620 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Raven · Long-eared Owl · Mallard · Mute Swan · Goldeneye +37
Raven Corvus corax Long-eared Owl Asio otus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Goldeneye Bucephala clangula2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Barn Owl Tyto alba Magpie Pica pica Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Goosander Mergus merganser2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Peregrine Falco peregrinus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Merlin Falco columbarius Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus2024 Wigeon Mareca penelope2024 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2024 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2023 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐝 Insects 5 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Platycheirus albimanus · Solomon's-seal Sawfly · Varied Carpet Beetle · Southern Hawker · Eristalis pertinax
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Solomon's-seal Sawfly Phymatocera aterrima Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2024 Japanese Knotweed · Sticky Groundsel · Chicory · Wood Horsetail · Salmonberry +25
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2024 Sticky Groundsel Senecio viscosus Chicory Cichorium intybus2024 Wood Horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum2024 Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis2024 Cornflower Centaurea cyanus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,620 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Raven · Long-eared Owl · Mallard · Mute Swan · Goldeneye +37
Raven Corvus corax Long-eared Owl Asio otus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Goldeneye Bucephala clangula2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Barn Owl Tyto alba Magpie Pica pica Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Goosander Mergus merganser2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Peregrine Falco peregrinus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Merlin Falco columbarius Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus2024 Wigeon Mareca penelope2024 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2024 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2023 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐝 Insects 5 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Platycheirus albimanus · Solomon's-seal Sawfly · Varied Carpet Beetle · Southern Hawker · Eristalis pertinax
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Solomon's-seal Sawfly Phymatocera aterrima Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2024 Japanese Knotweed · Sticky Groundsel · Chicory · Wood Horsetail · Salmonberry +25
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2024 Sticky Groundsel Senecio viscosus Chicory Cichorium intybus2024 Wood Horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum2024 Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis2024 Cornflower Centaurea cyanus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Darwin's Barberry Berberis darwinii2024
Darwin's Barberry Berberis darwinii2024
Black Medick Medicago lupulina2023
Black Medick Medicago lupulina2023
Garden Lady's-mantle Alchemilla mollis2023
Garden Lady's-mantle Alchemilla mollis2023
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2023
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2023
Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor2023
Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor2023
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus2023
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus2023
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula2023
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula2023
Lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina2023
Lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina2023
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2023
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2023
Lesser Sea-spurrey Spergularia marina2023
Lesser Sea-spurrey Spergularia marina2023
Sweet Cicely Myrrhis odorata2023
Sweet Cicely Myrrhis odorata2023
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius2023
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius2023
Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium2023
Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium2023
Wall Speedwell Veronica arvensis2023
Wall Speedwell Veronica arvensis2023
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor2023
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor2023
Red Clover Trifolium pratense var. sativum2023
Red Clover Trifolium pratense var. sativum2023
Japanese Rose Rosa rugosa2023
Japanese Rose Rosa rugosa2023
Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus2023
Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus2023
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca2023
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca2023
Silver Birch Betula pendula2023
Silver Birch Betula pendula2023
Soft-rush Juncus effusus2023
Soft-rush Juncus effusus2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2023
Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris2023
Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris2023
Common Chickweed Stellaria media2023
Common Chickweed Stellaria media2023 