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Church of St Bernard

23 ha

📷 Richard Sutcliffe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha

Getting here

55.80961, -4.35463

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 110m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 110m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Great Tit +39 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Great Tit +39 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Whithorn Way - a Glasgow Cathedral to GirvanWalking route

This creation is Glasgow Cathedral to Girvan. Any route from Girvan is a busy road with no shoulders. Bus/Train to Barrhill and continue to Whithorn, the spiritual home of Saint Ninian..

Named routeRef WW-aRegional walking route

Old Drove Road Walking RouteWalking route

Named route

White Cart WalkwayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

69 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

Newton Mearns Commuter Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Pollok to Darnley Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Brock Burn PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Thornliebank to Mearns Cross Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

The Mill RunMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

12,973 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,973 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

autumn

2026

Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Lesser Black-backed Gull +37

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CootFulica atra2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Hawthorn Shieldbug

Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,973 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

autumn

2026

Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Lesser Black-backed Gull +37

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CootFulica atra2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Hawthorn Shieldbug

Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale

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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