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55.61315, -3.64961
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Red Grouse (scotica)
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Red Grouse (scotica)
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Red Grouse (scotica), Carrion Crow +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Red Grouse (scotica), Carrion Crow +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Silverweed, Perennial Rye-grass, Soft-rush +158 more · last seen 2017
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral +8 more · last seen 2019
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lanark to Biggar via Hyndford BridgeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lanark (Kirkfieldbank) to BiggarCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
609 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
609 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMeadow Pipit · Skylark · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Red Grouse (scotica) +28
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2019
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2019
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- SwiftApus apus2020
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2019
- NuthatchSitta europaea2018
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Small Tortoiseshell · Emperor Moth · Large White · Ringlet · Herald +1
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- Emperor MothSaturnia pavonia
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2018
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018
Snowdrop · Common Ragwort · Lesser Sea-spurrey · Ribwort Plantain · Prickly Sow-thistle +87
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2017
- Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2017
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2017
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2017
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
609 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMeadow Pipit · Skylark · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Red Grouse (scotica) +28
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2019
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2019
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- SwiftApus apus2020
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2019
- NuthatchSitta europaea2018
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Small Tortoiseshell · Emperor Moth · Large White · Ringlet · Herald +1
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- Emperor MothSaturnia pavonia
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2018
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018
Snowdrop · Common Ragwort · Lesser Sea-spurrey · Ribwort Plantain · Prickly Sow-thistle +87
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2017
- Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2017
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2017
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2017
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2017
2017
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2017Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2017YarrowAchillea millefolium2017YarrowAchillea millefolium2017Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2017Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2017Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2017Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2017Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2017Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2017Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2017Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2017Soft-rushJuncus effusus2017Soft-rushJuncus effusus2017DandelionTaraxacum2017DandelionTaraxacum2017HawthornCrataegus monogyna2017HawthornCrataegus monogyna2017Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2017Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2017CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2018CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2018Curled DockRumex crispus2017Curled DockRumex crispus2017Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2017Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2017Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2017Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2017Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2017Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2017Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2017Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2017ElderSambucus nigra2017ElderSambucus nigra2017NipplewortLapsana communis2017NipplewortLapsana communis2017Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2017Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2017Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2017Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2017Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2017Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2017Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2017Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2017Oval SedgeCarex leporina2017Oval SedgeCarex leporina2017Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2017Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2017Goat WillowSalix caprea2017Goat WillowSalix caprea2017Downy BirchBetula pubescens2017Downy BirchBetula pubescens2017ColtsfootTussilago farfara2017ColtsfootTussilago farfara2017Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2017Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2017Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2017Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2017Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2017Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2017Common SorrelRumex acetosa2017Common SorrelRumex acetosa2017RowanSorbus aucuparia2017RowanSorbus aucuparia2017Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2017Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2017FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2017FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2017Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2017Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2017HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2017HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2017Common ChickweedStellaria media2017Common ChickweedStellaria media2017Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2017Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2017RedshankPersicaria maculosa2017RedshankPersicaria maculosa2017Common CouchElymus repens2017Common CouchElymus repens2017Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua2017Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua2017Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2017Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2017Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2017Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2017Silver BirchBetula pendula2017Silver BirchBetula pendula2017BlinksMontia fontana2017BlinksMontia fontana2017Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2017Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2017White CloverTrifolium repens2017White CloverTrifolium repens2017Scots PinePinus sylvestris2017Scots PinePinus sylvestris2017Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2017Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2017Greater PlantainPlantago major2017Greater PlantainPlantago major2017Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2017Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2017Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2017Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2017Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2017Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2017Bifid Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifida2017Bifid Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifida2017Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2017Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2017DaisyBellis perennis2017DaisyBellis perennis2017SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2017SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2017LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2017LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2017Northern DockRumex longifolius2017Northern DockRumex longifolius2017Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2017Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2017Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2017Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2017Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2017Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2017PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2017PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2017MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2017MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2017Common BentAgrostis capillaris2017Common BentAgrostis capillaris2017Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2017Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2017Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2017Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2017Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2017Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2017Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2017Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2017HornbeamCarpinus betulus2017HornbeamCarpinus betulus2017Bell HeatherErica cinerea2017Bell HeatherErica cinerea2017Marsh VioletViola palustris2017Marsh VioletViola palustris2017Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2017Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2017Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2017Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2017Star SedgeCarex echinata2017Star SedgeCarex echinata2017Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris2017Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris2017Slender RushJuncus tenuis2017Slender RushJuncus tenuis2017Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2017Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2017Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2017Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2017Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2017Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2017Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2017Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2017Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2017Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2017Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2017Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2017Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2017Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2017Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2017Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2017Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2017Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2017