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Roughrigg Reservoir

118 ha

📷 Jim Smillie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome118 ha

Getting here

55.85528, -3.90150

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

3 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Mallard +88 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Mallard +88 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 — Perlodes mortoni, Scathophaga stercoraria, Common Darter +1 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Perlodes mortoni, Scathophaga stercoraria, Common Darter +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

The North Calder Heritage TrailWalking route

Named route

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Cycling

53 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

Holytown to Eurocentral Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route1 km

Named routeRef 75Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route6 m

Named routeLength 6 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface pavementslabs

Main RouteCycling route637 m

Named routeRef 75Length 637 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route6 m

Named routeLength 6 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,136 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,136 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds60 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Herring Gull · Great Crested Grebe · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Mallard · Tufted Duck +55

Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common GullLarus canus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoosanderMergus merganser
TealAnas crecca
MagpiePica pica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CurlewNumenius arquata
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
CootFulica atra
SwallowHirundo rustica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great White EgretArdea alba
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Great TitParus major
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
PochardAythya ferina2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JackdawColoeus monedula
WhitethroatCurruca communis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WigeonMareca penelope
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024

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Insects2 species

spring

2025

Perlodes mortoni · Scathophaga stercoraria

Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,136 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Herring Gull · Great Crested Grebe · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Mallard · Tufted Duck +55

Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common GullLarus canus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoosanderMergus merganser
TealAnas crecca
MagpiePica pica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CurlewNumenius arquata
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
CootFulica atra
SwallowHirundo rustica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great White EgretArdea alba
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Great TitParus major
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
PochardAythya ferina2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JackdawColoeus monedula
WhitethroatCurruca communis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WigeonMareca penelope
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2025

Perlodes mortoni · Scathophaga stercoraria

Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jim Smillie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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