🧺 Picnic🛝 Family🦉 Wildlife
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Places › Scotland › South Scotland › South Lanarkshire Getting here
55.74895, -4.14674
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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 ☕ Courtyard Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ Courtyard Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw +40 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Meadow Buttercup, Cow Parsley, Meadow Vetchling +21 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Meadow Buttercup, Cow Parsley, Meadow Vetchling +21 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 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
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Named route Local walking route
Show on map 66 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 74 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 74 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 756 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 756 National Cycle Network
Show on map East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
Show on map East Kilbride to Strathaven cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cathkin Braes Country Park Green Mountain bike route ▾
Photos Calderglen Country Park Conservatory Garden
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Wildlife to spot
5,829 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,829 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Wren · Robin +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackbird Turdus merula Coal Tit Periparus ater Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Great Tit Parus major Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Dipper Cinclus cinclus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Tawny Owl Strix aluco Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Otter
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2024 Otter Lutra lutra2023 🐝 Insects 11 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Seioptera vibrans · Small Nettle Weevil · Eristalis pertinax · Carabus glabratus · Eyed Ladybird +6
Seioptera vibrans Seioptera vibrans Small Nettle Weevil Nedyus quadrimaculatus Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Carabus glabratus Carabus glabratus2024 Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata2024 Bordered Carver Perineura rubi Meadow Buttercup · Cow Parsley · Meadow Vetchling · Cock's-foot · Common Nettle +19
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata Common Nettle Urtica dioica Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca Greater Plantain Plantago major Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,829 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Wren · Robin +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackbird Turdus merula Coal Tit Periparus ater Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Great Tit Parus major Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Dipper Cinclus cinclus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Tawny Owl Strix aluco Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Otter
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2024 Otter Lutra lutra2023 🐝 Insects 11 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Seioptera vibrans · Small Nettle Weevil · Eristalis pertinax · Carabus glabratus · Eyed Ladybird +6
Seioptera vibrans Seioptera vibrans Small Nettle Weevil Nedyus quadrimaculatus Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Carabus glabratus Carabus glabratus2024 Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata2024 Bordered Carver Perineura rubi Meadow Buttercup · Cow Parsley · Meadow Vetchling · Cock's-foot · Common Nettle +19
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata Common Nettle Urtica dioica Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca Greater Plantain Plantago major Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2023
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2023
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2023
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2023
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2023
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2023
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2023
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2023
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2023
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2023
Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra
Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Wych Elm Ulmus glabra
Wych Elm Ulmus glabra
Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus
Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
White Clover Trifolium repens
White Clover Trifolium repens
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Box-leaved Honeysuckle Lonicera pileata
Box-leaved Honeysuckle Lonicera pileata
Lenten-rose Helleborus orientalis
Lenten-rose Helleborus orientalis
Spiraea Spiraea
Spiraea Spiraea
Marsh Violet Viola palustris
Marsh Violet Viola palustris Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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