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Ravenspark Memorial Garden

1 ha

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

55.63071, -4.68646

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 123m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 123m 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

11 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Grey Heron, Wren, Carrion Crow +94 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Grey Heron, Wren, Carrion Crow +94 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Red Clover, Yarrow, Red Campion +86 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Red Clover, Yarrow, Red Campion +86 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Autumn Hawkbit, Garden Thyme +12 more foraging species

Varies

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ayrshire Coastal PathWalking route170 km

Long-distance hiking route. A designated 'Scotland's Great Trail'.

Named routeLength 170 kmNational walking route

New Town TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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

🚴

Cycling

115 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 73Cycling route

Named routeRef 73National Cycle Network

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

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

National Cycle Network Link RouteCycling route

Named routeRef (7) / (73)Regional cycle route

N/ACycling route14 m

Named routeLength 14 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route56 m

Named routeLength 56 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

23,379 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,379 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds99 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Grey Heron · Wren · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Blackbird +94

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Otter

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
OtterLutra lutra

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects34 species

summer

2025

Helophilus pendulus · Eristalis pertinax · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Green Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird +29

Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
SyrphusSyrphus
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Platycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsus
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita
Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus
Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Eupteryx urticaeEupteryx urticae
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons
Shore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralis
Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella

🌿

Plants89 species

summer

2026

Red Clover · Yarrow · Red Campion · Bird's-foot · Cat's-ear +84

Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
TansyTanacetum vulgare2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025
Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025
Sea RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Sheep's-bitJasione montana2025
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
Curled DockRumex crispus2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Garden ThymeThymus vulgaris2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2025
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Red FescueFestuca rubra2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
Fat-henChenopodium album2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum2025
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
Bent GrassAgrostis2025
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
Sweet-WilliamDianthus barbatus2025
RoseRosa2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025
PoppyPapaver2025
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2025
Tuberous ComfreySymphytum tuberosum2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
RhododendronRhododendron2025
Wild PearPyrus pyraster2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,379 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds99 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Grey Heron · Wren · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Blackbird +94

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Otter

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
OtterLutra lutra

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects34 species

summer

2025

Helophilus pendulus · Eristalis pertinax · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Green Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird +29

Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
SyrphusSyrphus
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Platycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsus
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita
Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus
Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Eupteryx urticaeEupteryx urticae
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons
Shore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralis
Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella

🌿

Plants89 species

summer

2026

Red Clover · Yarrow · Red Campion · Bird's-foot · Cat's-ear +84

Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
TansyTanacetum vulgare2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025
Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025
Sea RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Sheep's-bitJasione montana2025
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
Curled DockRumex crispus2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Garden ThymeThymus vulgaris2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2025
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Red FescueFestuca rubra2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
Fat-henChenopodium album2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum2025
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
Bent GrassAgrostis2025
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
Sweet-WilliamDianthus barbatus2025
RoseRosa2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025
PoppyPapaver2025
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2025
Tuberous ComfreySymphytum tuberosum2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
RhododendronRhododendron2025
Wild PearPyrus pyraster2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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