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Cowan Park

42 ha

📷 Richard Sutcliffe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome42 ha

Getting here

55.80241, -4.37577

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Lesser Black-backed Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 212m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Lesser Black-backed Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 212m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Mallard, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie +79 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

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis tenax, Common Darter +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Whithorn Way - a Glasgow Cathedral to GirvanWalking route

This creation is Glasgow Cathedral to Girvan. Any route from Girvan is a busy road with no shoulders. Bus/Train to Barrhill and continue to Whithorn, the spiritual home of Saint Ninian..

Named routeRef WW-aRegional walking route

Old Drove Road Walking RouteWalking route

Named route

White Cart WalkwayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

68 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

Newton Mearns Commuter Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Pollok to Darnley Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Brock Burn PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Thornliebank to Mearns Cross Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

The Mill RunMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

28,368 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

28,368 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2026

Tufted Duck · Canada Goose · Herring Gull · Goosander · Black-headed Gull +47

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

28,368 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2026

Tufted Duck · Canada Goose · Herring Gull · Goosander · Black-headed Gull +47

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Sutcliffe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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