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ORP Piorun Memorial

📷 Richard Sutcliffe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Black-headed Gull
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 190m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Black-headed Gull
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 190m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Cormorant +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Cormorant +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Orange Ladybird, Birch Shieldbug, Harlequin Ladybird · last seen 2026; Insects — Orange Ladybird, Birch Shieldbug, Harlequin Ladybird · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Clyde Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeRegional 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

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Cycling

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

45,385 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

45,385 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winter

2026

Grey Heron · Redshank · Cormorant · Mallard · Teal +57

Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major2025
American WigeonMareca americana2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025

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Mammals4 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Harbour Seal · Field Vole

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis

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Insects1 species

spring

2026

Orange Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

45,385 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winter

2026

Grey Heron · Redshank · Cormorant · Mallard · Teal +57

Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major2025
American WigeonMareca americana2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Harbour Seal · Field Vole

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Orange Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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