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King George's Field

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.98550, -4.31256

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕The Wilsons — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕The Wilsons — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingPicnic spotPlayground

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5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Redwing, Goldeneye, Mallard +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Redwing, Goldeneye, Mallard +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Orange Ladybird, Four-spotted Chaser, Large Red Damselfly +46 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Orange Ladybird, Four-spotted Chaser, Large Red Damselfly +46 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Heather, Bilberry, Round-leaved Sundew +13 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Heather, Bilberry, Round-leaved Sundew +13 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Clyde Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

John Muir Way (Balloch to Strathblane part 1)Walking route

Named routeRef JMWPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Allander WalkwayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

John Muir Way (Balloch to Strathblane part 2)Walking route

Named routeRef JMWPoint-to-pointNational walking route

West Highland Way (Milngavie to Drymen part 2)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

John Muir WayCycling route215 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

Strathkelvin Railway PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 755Cycling route

Named routeRef 755National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route10.7 km

Named routeRef 755Length 10.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.2 km

Named routeRef 755Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route499 m

Named routeRef 755Length 499 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (Grampian Mountains)Mountain bike route261.2 km

Named routeLength 261.2 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

17,884 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

17,884 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Redwing · Goldeneye · Fieldfare · Robin · Carrion Crow +37

RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2026

Orange Ladybird · Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · Coenosia tigrina · Four-spotted Chaser +6

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
SyrphusSyrphus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025

🌿

Plants10 species

summerautumn

2025

Heather · Bilberry · Round-leaved Sundew · Ragged-Robin · Bog Asphodel +5

HeatherCalluna vulgaris
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris
BetonyBetonica officinalis
EyebrightEuphrasia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,884 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Redwing · Goldeneye · Fieldfare · Robin · Carrion Crow +37

RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2026

Orange Ladybird · Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · Coenosia tigrina · Four-spotted Chaser +6

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
SyrphusSyrphus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025

🌿

Plants10 species

summerautumn

2025

Heather · Bilberry · Round-leaved Sundew · Ragged-Robin · Bog Asphodel +5

HeatherCalluna vulgaris
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris
BetonyBetonica officinalis
EyebrightEuphrasia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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