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Pollok Castle

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📷 Colin Pyle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome0 ha

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55.78266, -4.35551

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Magpie
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Magpie
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Magpie, Mallard +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Magpie, Mallard +71 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, Common Darter · last seen 2026; Insects — Orange Ladybird, Common Darter · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Old Drove Road Walking RouteWalking route

Named route

White Cart WalkwayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

A77 Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

White Cart 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

43,060 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

43,060 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winter

2026

Jackdaw · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Goosander · Tufted Duck +50

JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CootFulica atra2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great TitParus major2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025

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Insects1 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

43,060 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winter

2026

Jackdaw · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Goosander · Tufted Duck +50

JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CootFulica atra2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great TitParus major2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Colin Pyle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

M77 southbound near Newton Mearns

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