Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
56.02390, -3.81745
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Point Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Point Cafe — 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, 10-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km▾
Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route
blueWalking route▾
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redWalking route▾
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yellowWalking route▾
Named routeRound trip
John Muir Way (Croy to Falkirk)Walking route20 km▾
Named routeRef JMWLength 20 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 76Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
John Muir WayCycling route215 km▾
Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route
Helix Around Town TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef HArTTLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 754Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 754Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 754Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Auchengean TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Canada TrailMountain bike route▾
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Craigieburn TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
34,540 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,540 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Wren · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Beaver
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BeaverCastor fiber
Anthocoris nemoralis · 7-spot Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Epicaecilius pilipennis +13
- Anthocoris nemoralisAnthocoris nemoralis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Epicaecilius pilipennisEpicaecilius pilipennis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Red-legged Shieldbug
Ivy-leaved Toadflax
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,540 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Wren · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Beaver
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BeaverCastor fiber
Anthocoris nemoralis · 7-spot Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Epicaecilius pilipennis +13
- Anthocoris nemoralisAnthocoris nemoralis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Epicaecilius pilipennisEpicaecilius pilipennis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Red-legged Shieldbug
Ivy-leaved Toadflax
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pentatoma rufipes
Pentatoma rufipes
Ectopsocus axillarisEctopsocus axillarisEctopsocus axillarisEctopsocus axillarisEuropean Tarnished Plant BugLygus rugulipennisEuropean Tarnished Plant BugLygus rugulipennisNut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammumNut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammumEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataChilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennisTephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventrisSpotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukiiSpotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukiiHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata