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Getting here
55.58905, -3.63826
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barnacle Goose and Mute Swan
- ✦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
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barnacle Goose and Mute Swan
- ✦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 — Barnacle Goose, Mute Swan, Pink-footed Goose +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Barnacle Goose, Mute Swan, Pink-footed Goose +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Carabus problematicus, Red-green Carpet, Yellow-Line Quaker +37 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Jacob's-ladder, Spotted Dead-nettle, Crowberry agg. +64 more · last seen 2016
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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
390 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
390 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarnacle Goose · Mute Swan · Pink-footed Goose · Mallard · Curlew +46
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- TealAnas crecca2022
- WigeonMareca penelope2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii2015
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2021
- SmewMergellus albellus2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
- Great TitParus major2017
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2015
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- RedshankTringa totanus2022
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2019
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2019
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2017
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- RobinErithacus rubecula2017
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2017
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2015
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2015
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Carabus problematicus · Winter Moth · Scarce Umber · Red-green Carpet · Yellow-Line Quaker +31
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Winter MothOperophtera brumata2015
- Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2015
- Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2015
- Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2015
- Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata
🌿Plants6 species
springsummer
2018▾
Lesser Celandine · Gorse · Cloudberry · English Stonecrop · Crowberry agg. +1
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- GorseUlex europaeus
- CloudberryRubus chamaemorus2016
- English StonecropSedum anglicum2016
- Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2016
- CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
390 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarnacle Goose · Mute Swan · Pink-footed Goose · Mallard · Curlew +46
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- TealAnas crecca2022
- WigeonMareca penelope2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii2015
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2021
- SmewMergellus albellus2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
- Great TitParus major2017
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2015
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- RedshankTringa totanus2022
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2019
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2019
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2017
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- RobinErithacus rubecula2017
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2017
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2015
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2015
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Carabus problematicus · Winter Moth · Scarce Umber · Red-green Carpet · Yellow-Line Quaker +31
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Winter MothOperophtera brumata2015
- Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2015
- Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2015
- Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2015
- Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata
🌿Plants6 species
springsummer
2018▾
Lesser Celandine · Gorse · Cloudberry · English Stonecrop · Crowberry agg. +1
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- GorseUlex europaeus
- CloudberryRubus chamaemorus2016
- English StonecropSedum anglicum2016
- Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2016
- CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2015
2015
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2015Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2015Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2015Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2015Barred ChestnutDiarsia dahlii2015Barred ChestnutDiarsia dahlii2015Dark Marbled CarpetDysstroma citrata2015Dark Marbled CarpetDysstroma citrata2015Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2015Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2015Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2015Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2015Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2015Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2015July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2015July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2015Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxBlack ClockPterostichus madidusBlack ClockPterostichus madidusCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaDecember MothPoecilocampa populi2015December MothPoecilocampa populi2015Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2015Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2015November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2015November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2015Spruce CarpetThera britannica2015Spruce CarpetThera britannica2015BrickSunira circellaris2015BrickSunira circellaris2015ChestnutConistra vaccinii2015ChestnutConistra vaccinii2015Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2015Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2015Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2015Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2015Silver YAutographa gamma2015Silver YAutographa gamma2015Brindled OchreDasypolia templi2015Brindled OchreDasypolia templi2015Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2015Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2015Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2015Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2015Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2015Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2015Riband WaveIdaea aversata2015Riband WaveIdaea aversata2015Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2015Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2015Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2015Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2015Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2015Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2015Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2015Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2015Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2015Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe20152016
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