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Melfort Park

3 ha

📷 Richard Sutcliffe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

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55.90833, -4.39857

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Teal
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 157m away — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Teal
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 157m away — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Teal, Lesser Black-backed Gull +92 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Teal, Lesser Black-backed Gull +92 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird · last seen 2025

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Clyde Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

West Highland Way (Milngavie to Drymen part 1)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route

Drumchapel WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Cairnhill WoodsWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

42 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Bears WayCycling route

Named routeRef KLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 754Cycling route

Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network

Colleges Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Garscadden WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Glasgow Airport Cycle RoutesCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

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

33,295 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

33,295 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Cormorant · Robin · Teal +59

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
American WigeonMareca americana2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

33,295 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Cormorant · Robin · Teal +59

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
American WigeonMareca americana2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Sutcliffe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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