Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
55.86530, -4.01257
Open directionsv
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 Swift and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — 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 Swift and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Magpie +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Magpie +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Painted Lady, 2-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The North Calder Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Seven Lochs TrailWalking route▾
www.sevenlochs.org
Named routeLocal walking route
Strathkelvin Railway PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
105 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 74Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 74National Cycle Network
Holytown to Eurocentral Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Strathkelvin Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route79 m▾
Named routeRef 75Length 79 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route51 m▾
Named routeLength 51 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,922 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,922 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · House Sparrow · Dunnock · Blackbird +32
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Orange Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Syrphus · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · 10-spot Ladybird +19
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot Ladybird
Blue Fleabane · Creeping-Jenny · White-stemmed Bramble · Common Millet · Rough Bent +15
- Blue FleabaneErigeron acris
- Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
- White-stemmed BrambleRubus cockburnianus
- Common MilletPanicum miliaceum
- Rough BentAgrostis scabra
- Thunberg's BarberryBerberis thunbergii
- BeechFagus sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,922 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · House Sparrow · Dunnock · Blackbird +32
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Orange Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Syrphus · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · 10-spot Ladybird +19
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot Ladybird
Blue Fleabane · Creeping-Jenny · White-stemmed Bramble · Common Millet · Rough Bent +15
- Blue FleabaneErigeron acris
- Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
- White-stemmed BrambleRubus cockburnianus
- Common MilletPanicum miliaceum
- Rough BentAgrostis scabra
- Thunberg's BarberryBerberis thunbergii
- BeechFagus sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia bipunctata
Adalia bipunctata
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