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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome24 ha
Getting here
55.98365, -3.79888
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 260m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 260m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Magpie, Robin +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Magpie, Robin +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — White Clover, Sneezewort, Creeping Thistle +10 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km▾
Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route
blueWalking route▾
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redWalking route▾
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yellowWalking route▾
Named routeRound trip
John Muir Way (Croy to Falkirk)Walking route20 km▾
Named routeRef JMWLength 20 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 76Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
John Muir WayCycling route215 km▾
Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route
Helix Around Town TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef HArTTLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 754Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 754Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 754Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Auchengean TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Canada TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Craigieburn TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
60,414 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
60,414 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Swift · Chiffchaff +41
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pine MartenMartes martes
Marmalade Hoverfly · Athripsodes bilineatus · Platycheirus albimanus · Sericomyia silentis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Athripsodes bilineatusAthripsodes bilineatus
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
White Clover · Sneezewort · Creeping Thistle · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Centaurea nigra +5
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- Meadow Crane's-bill
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
60,414 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Swift · Chiffchaff +41
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pine MartenMartes martes
Marmalade Hoverfly · Athripsodes bilineatus · Platycheirus albimanus · Sericomyia silentis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Athripsodes bilineatusAthripsodes bilineatus
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
White Clover · Sneezewort · Creeping Thistle · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Centaurea nigra +5
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- Meadow Crane's-bill
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Geranium pratense
Geranium pratense
FoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustris