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55.88702, -4.40183

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Teal
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Teal
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Paid

Best for

5 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Teal, Cormorant +79 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Teal, Cormorant +79 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Orange Ladybird, 22-spot Ladybird, Syrphus ribesii +2 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Orange Ladybird, 22-spot Ladybird, Syrphus ribesii +2 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2025; Plants — Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Clyde Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km

Named routeLength 106 kmNational 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

Drumchapel WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Cairnhill WoodsWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 754Cycling route

Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network

Colleges Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Garscadden WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Glasgow Airport Cycle RoutesCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Glasgow to Paisley cycle routeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

25,670 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

25,670 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumnwinter

2025

Mallard · Teal · Cormorant · Blackbird · Magpie +55

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TealAnas crecca
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RedshankTringa totanus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Common GullLarus canus
Great TitParus major
SnipeGallinago gallinago
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WigeonMareca penelope
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SiskinSpinus spinus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CurlewNumenius arquata
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunlinCalidris alpina
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RavenCorvus corax
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Canada GooseBranta canadensis

🦌

Mammals7 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Harbour Seal · Field Vole · Otter +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
OtterLutra lutra
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Bank Vole

🐝

Insects2 species

springautumn

2026

Orange Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,670 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumnwinter

2025

Mallard · Teal · Cormorant · Blackbird · Magpie +55

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TealAnas crecca
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RedshankTringa totanus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Common GullLarus canus
Great TitParus major
SnipeGallinago gallinago
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WigeonMareca penelope
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SiskinSpinus spinus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CurlewNumenius arquata
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunlinCalidris alpina
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RavenCorvus corax
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Canada GooseBranta canadensis

🦌

Mammals7 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Harbour Seal · Field Vole · Otter +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
OtterLutra lutra
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Bank Vole

🐝

Insects2 species

springautumn

2026

Orange Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Iain James · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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