🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🛝 Family
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
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55.87423, -4.30043
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Doh Doughnuts — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Doh Doughnuts — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Kingfisher, Magpie, Moorhen +48 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Kingfisher, Magpie, Moorhen +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal Towpath Walking route 106 km ▾
Named route Length 106 km National walking route
Show on map Thomas Muir Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Clyde Walkway Walking route 68 km ▾
The Clyde Walkway is 65 km long from Riverside Museum, Glasgow and New Lanark in South Lanarkshire. Created as a joint enterprise by the Glasgow City, South and North Lanarkshire Councils. Close to urban centres with easy access to public transport.
Named route Ref CW Length 68 km National walking route
Show on map Kelvin Walkway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Whithorn Way - a Glasgow Cathedral to Girvan Walking 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 route Ref WW-a Regional walking route
Show on map 181 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 754 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 754 National Cycle Network
Show on map Kelvin Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Colleges Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Glasgow to Cumbernauld Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Bishopbriggs Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Garscadden Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Central Belt) Mountain bike route 83.7 km ▾
Named route Length 83.7 km National Cycle Network
Show on map Great North Trail (Grampian Mountains) Mountain bike route 261.2 km ▾
Named route Length 261.2 km National Cycle Network
Show on map Photos Building in Dowanhill park
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Wildlife to spot
87,371 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 87,371 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Moorhen · Magpie · Grey Heron · Blackbird +33
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Magpie Pica pica Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Mute Swan Cygnus olor Robin Erithacus rubecula Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Dipper Cinclus cinclus Dunnock Prunella modularis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Domestic Dog Canis lupus subsp. familiaris 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Eleagnus Sucker · Plagiolepis alluaudi
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Eleagnus Sucker Cacopsylla fulguralis Plagiolepis alluaudi Plagiolepis alluaudi Cowslip · Few-flowered Garlic · Snowdrop · Alder · Dandelion +6
Cowslip Primula veris Few-flowered Garlic Allium paradoxum Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Alder Alnus glutinosa Dandelion Taraxacum Elder Sambucus nigra Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 87,371 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Moorhen · Magpie · Grey Heron · Blackbird +33
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Magpie Pica pica Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Mute Swan Cygnus olor Robin Erithacus rubecula Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Dipper Cinclus cinclus Dunnock Prunella modularis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Domestic Dog Canis lupus subsp. familiaris 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Eleagnus Sucker · Plagiolepis alluaudi
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Eleagnus Sucker Cacopsylla fulguralis Plagiolepis alluaudi Plagiolepis alluaudi Cowslip · Few-flowered Garlic · Snowdrop · Alder · Dandelion +6
Cowslip Primula veris Few-flowered Garlic Allium paradoxum Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Alder Alnus glutinosa Dandelion Taraxacum Elder Sambucus nigra Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eastern Sowbread
Eastern Sowbread
Cyclamen coum
Cyclamen coum
Fringecups Tellima grandiflora
Fringecups Tellima grandiflora
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Bitter-Cress Cardamine
Bitter-Cress Cardamine 