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Ravenscraig pumping station (site of)

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

55.76723, -3.97303

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
✦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

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
✦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

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wren, Mallard, Teal +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wren, Mallard, Teal +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Orange Ladybird · last seen 2026; Insects — Orange Ladybird · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Dog's Mercury, Herb-Robert, Few-flowered Garlic +3 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Dog's Mercury, Herb-Robert, Few-flowered Garlic +3 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Clyde WalkwayWalking route68 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 routeRef CWLength 68 kmNational walking route

Avon WalkwayWalking route

Named routeAvon walkway

🚴

Cycling

48 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 74Cycling route

Named routeRef 74National Cycle Network

GreenlinkCycling route

Named routeRef GreenlinkLocal cycle route

Route (74)Cycling route

Named routeRef (74)National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 74Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route22 m

Named routeRef 74Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route139 m

Named routeLength 139 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

80,327 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

80,327 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winter

2026

Wren · Robin · Mallard · Great Tit · Blackbird +61

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
TealAnas crecca
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer · Domestic Dog · Grey Squirrel

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata

🌿

Plants6 species

winter

2026

Herb-Robert · Dog's Mercury · Few-flowered Garlic · Hart's-Tongue · Italian Lords-and-Ladies +1

Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
CleaversGalium aparine

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

80,327 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winter

2026

Wren · Robin · Mallard · Great Tit · Blackbird +61

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
TealAnas crecca
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer · Domestic Dog · Grey Squirrel

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata

🌿

Plants6 species

winter

2026

Herb-Robert · Dog's Mercury · Few-flowered Garlic · Hart's-Tongue · Italian Lords-and-Ladies +1

Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
CleaversGalium aparine

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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