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Logan Botanic Garden

📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

54.74181, -4.95962

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingPicnic spot

Best for

8 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 — Swallow, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +96 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Swallow, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +96 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Helophorus grandis, Psilothrix viridicoerulea +96 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Helophorus grandis, Psilothrix viridicoerulea +96 more · last seen 2025

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area; Urban park — open green space

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sea Bindweed, Pyramidal Orchid, English Stonecrop +100 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Sea Bindweed, Pyramidal Orchid, English Stonecrop +100 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Sea Beet, Wild Thyme, Blackthorn +9 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Mull of Galloway TrailWalking route59 km

Named routeLength 59 kmNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

3,096 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,096 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Oystercatcher · Swallow · Pheasant · Black-headed Gull +59

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Toad · Palmate Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Blue-tailed Damselfly · Xylota sylvarum · Syrphus · 11-spot Ladybird

Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum
SyrphusSyrphus
11-spot LadybirdCoccinella undecimpunctata

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Common Haircap · Sea Bindweed

Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.
Sea BindweedCalystegia soldanella

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,096 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Oystercatcher · Swallow · Pheasant · Black-headed Gull +59

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Toad · Palmate Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Blue-tailed Damselfly · Xylota sylvarum · Syrphus · 11-spot Ladybird

Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum
SyrphusSyrphus
11-spot LadybirdCoccinella undecimpunctata

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Common Haircap · Sea Bindweed

Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.
Sea BindweedCalystegia soldanella

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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