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Glanderston Dam

14 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome14 ha

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55.77513, -4.39441

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Carrion Crow
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Carrion Crow
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

3 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wren, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wren, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +71 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Syrphus, Eristalis pertinax, Common Green Grasshopper · last seen 2025; Insects — Syrphus, Eristalis pertinax, Common Green Grasshopper · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Old Drove Road Walking RouteWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Newton Mearns Commuter Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Pollok to Darnley Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Brock Burn PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Thornliebank to Mearns Cross Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

A77 Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Eaglesham to Newton Mearns signed cycle routeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

The Mill RunMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

14,118 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,118 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Wren · Mute Swan · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Mallard +44

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CootFulica atra2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

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Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,118 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Wren · Mute Swan · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Mallard +44

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CootFulica atra2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alan O'Dowd · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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