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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 14 ha
Places › Scotland › Central Scotland › North Lanarkshire Getting here
55.89283, -4.08555
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Tearoom on The Loch — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Tearoom on The Loch — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Emerald Damselfly, Black Darter +26 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Emerald Damselfly, Black Darter +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
〰 Waterside walks
Good match
parking, café; Reservoir — waterside public access
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The North Calder Heritage Trail Walking route ▾
Seven Lochs Trail Walking route ▾
www.sevenlochs.org
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Provan Hall Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 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 40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 National Cycle Network
Show on map Cumbernauld Cycle Route 1e Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1e Local cycle route
Show on map Cumbernauld Cycle Route 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 Local cycle route
Show on map Cumbernauld Cycle Route 1f Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1f Local cycle route
Show on map Cumbernauld Cycle Route 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 Local cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 754 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 754 National Cycle Network
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Central Belt) Mountain bike route 83.7 km ▾
Named route Length 83.7 km National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,321 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,321 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
winter spring autumn
2025 ▾
Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw +41
Mute Swan Cygnus olor Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Herring Gull Larus argentatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Rock Dove Columba livia Goosander Mergus merganser Wigeon Mareca penelope Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Shoveler Spatula clypeata Swallow Hirundo rustica Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Jay Garrulus glandarius Nuthatch Sitta europaea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Common Gull Larus canus Pochard Aythya ferina Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Gadwall Mareca strepera2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Black Darter · Emerald Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Volucella pellucens · Azure Damselfly +17
Black Darter Sympetrum danae2024 Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Helophilus pendulus Giant Hogweed
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,321 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
winter spring autumn
2025 ▾
Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw +41
Mute Swan Cygnus olor Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Herring Gull Larus argentatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Rock Dove Columba livia Goosander Mergus merganser Wigeon Mareca penelope Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Shoveler Spatula clypeata Swallow Hirundo rustica Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Jay Garrulus glandarius Nuthatch Sitta europaea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Common Gull Larus canus Pochard Aythya ferina Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Gadwall Mareca strepera2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Black Darter · Emerald Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Volucella pellucens · Azure Damselfly +17
Black Darter Sympetrum danae2024 Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Helophilus pendulus Giant Hogweed
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus
Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Hieroglyphic Ladybird Coccinella hieroglyphica
Hieroglyphic Ladybird Coccinella hieroglyphica
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2024
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2024
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2024
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2024
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria2024
Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria2024
Leucozona lucorum Leucozona lucorum2024
Leucozona lucorum Leucozona lucorum2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024 