Plan your visit
🧺 Picnic🦅 Birds🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 25 ha
Getting here
55.87169, -4.07037
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Café Culture — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Café Culture — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Reservoir — waterside day out
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Tufted Duck +64 more · last seen 2025; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Tufted Duck +64 more · last seen 2025; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Small Heath +17 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Clyde Walkway Walking route 68 km ▾
The Clyde Walkway is 65 km long from Riverside Museum, Glasgow and New Lanark in South Lanarkshire. Created as a joint enterprise by the Glasgow City, South and North Lanarkshire Councils. Close to urban centres with easy access to public transport.
Named route Ref CW Length 68 km National walking route
Show on map 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 Strathkelvin Railway Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 National Cycle Network
Show on map East City Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref ECW Local cycle route
Show on map Glasgow to Cumbernauld Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Strathkelvin Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 79 m ▾
Named route Ref 75 Length 79 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 29 m ▾
Named route Ref 75 Length 29 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Photos Lochend Loch near the car park
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Wildlife to spot
11,736 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 11,736 records · National Biodiversity Network Mute Swan · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin +47
Mute Swan Cygnus olor Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Greylag Goose Anser anser Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Coot Fulica atra Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Goosander Mergus merganser Rock Dove Columba livia Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis House Martin Delichon urbicum Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Common Gull Larus canus Siskin Spinus spinus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Coal Tit Periparus ater Wigeon Mareca penelope Goldcrest Regulus regulus Gadwall Mareca strepera Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Teal Anas crecca Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Pochard Aythya ferina Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Snipe Gallinago gallinago House Sparrow Passer domesticus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Swift Apus apus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Greenfinch Chloris chloris Whitethroat Curruca communis Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Brown Rat · Weasel · Grey Squirrel
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Weasel Mustela nivalis Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Syrphus · Larch Ladybird · Cheilosia illustrata · Sericomyia silentis · Epistrophe grossulariae +7
Syrphus Syrphus Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Eristalis pertinax Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 11,736 records · National Biodiversity Network Mute Swan · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin +47
Mute Swan Cygnus olor Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Greylag Goose Anser anser Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Coot Fulica atra Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Goosander Mergus merganser Rock Dove Columba livia Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis House Martin Delichon urbicum Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Common Gull Larus canus Siskin Spinus spinus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Coal Tit Periparus ater Wigeon Mareca penelope Goldcrest Regulus regulus Gadwall Mareca strepera Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Teal Anas crecca Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Pochard Aythya ferina Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Snipe Gallinago gallinago House Sparrow Passer domesticus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Swift Apus apus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Greenfinch Chloris chloris Whitethroat Curruca communis Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Brown Rat · Weasel · Grey Squirrel
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Weasel Mustela nivalis Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Syrphus · Larch Ladybird · Cheilosia illustrata · Sericomyia silentis · Epistrophe grossulariae +7
Syrphus Syrphus Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Eristalis pertinax Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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