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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds✦ Heritage
Dogs welcome 0 ha
Places › Scotland › South Scotland › South Lanarkshire Getting here
55.74595, -4.20675
Open directionsv 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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🛝 Playground 108m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🛝 Playground 108m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +39 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Common Darter, Cream-spot Ladybird +16 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Common Darter, Cream-spot Ladybird +16 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Old Drove Road Walking Route Walking route ▾
White Cart Walkway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Magnificent 11 Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 756 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 756 National Cycle Network
Show on map East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
Show on map East Kilbride to Strathaven cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 Local cycle route
Show on map Eaglesham to Strathaven Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos The Mound Lickprivick Trig Point Flush Bracket S3595
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Wildlife to spot
5,798 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,798 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
spring autumn winter
2025 ▾
Goldfinch · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit +27
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Robin Erithacus rubecula Rock Dove Columba livia Starling Sturnus vulgaris Carrion Crow Corvus corone Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Swift Apus apus Dunnock Prunella modularis Rook Corvus frugilegus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Blackbird Turdus merula Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Swallow Hirundo rustica House Martin Delichon urbicum Goldcrest Regulus regulus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Siskin Spinus spinus Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐝 Insects 8 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Darter · Platycheirus albimanus · Acrossus rufipes · Clay-coloured Weevil · 11-spot Ladybird +3
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Acrossus rufipes Acrossus rufipes Clay-coloured Weevil Otiorhynchus singularis 11-spot Ladybird Coccinella undecimpunctata Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,798 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
spring autumn winter
2025 ▾
Goldfinch · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit +27
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Robin Erithacus rubecula Rock Dove Columba livia Starling Sturnus vulgaris Carrion Crow Corvus corone Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Swift Apus apus Dunnock Prunella modularis Rook Corvus frugilegus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Blackbird Turdus merula Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Swallow Hirundo rustica House Martin Delichon urbicum Goldcrest Regulus regulus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Siskin Spinus spinus Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐝 Insects 8 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Darter · Platycheirus albimanus · Acrossus rufipes · Clay-coloured Weevil · 11-spot Ladybird +3
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Acrossus rufipes Acrossus rufipes Clay-coloured Weevil Otiorhynchus singularis 11-spot Ladybird Coccinella undecimpunctata Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
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