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Saint Aloysius Church

📷 David Bremner · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Carrion Crow
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Carrion Crow
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Kestrel, Carrion Crow, Magpie +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Kestrel, Carrion Crow, Magpie +67 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bluebell, Water Forget-me-not, Reed Canary-grass +234 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Bluebell, Water Forget-me-not, Reed Canary-grass +234 more · last seen 2018

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Beech, Tuberous Comfrey, Raspberry +26 more foraging species

Varies

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

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

60 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

GreenlinkCycling route

Named routeRef GreenlinkLocal cycle route

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

Wildlife to spot

1,503 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,503 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds23 species

autumn

2025

Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Meadow Pipit · Blackbird +18

KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Rock DoveColumba livia
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summerautumn

2024

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Cicadella viridis · Perlodes mortoni

Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni

🌿

Plants131 species

spring

2024

Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Common Spike-rush · Red-osier Dogwood · Steeple-bush · Dipsacus fullonum +126

Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris
Red-osier DogwoodCornus sericea2023
Steeple-bushSpiraea douglasii2023
Dipsacus fullonumDipsacus fullonum2023
Remote SedgeCarex remota2023
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica
Reflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distans
HopHumulus lupulus2023
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2023
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2023
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2023
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2023
Common SedgeCarex nigra2023
BugleAjuga reptans2023
HollyIlex aquifolium2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2023
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2023
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2023
TimothyPhleum pratense2023
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2023
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2023
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2023
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2023
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2023
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2023
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2023
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris2023
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2023
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2023
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023
PignutConopodium majus2023
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2023
Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2023
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2023
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023
Rush AsterSymphyotrichum novi-belgii2023
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2023
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023
Field MapleAcer campestre2023
RowanSorbus aucuparia2023
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2023
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2023
Leopard's-baneDoronicum pardalianches2023
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
Common DuckweedLemna minor2023
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2023
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2023
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2023
HawkweedHieracium2023
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2023
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2023
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2023
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2023
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2023
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2023
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023
Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisFicaria verna subsp. fertilis2023
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023
Wild CherryPrunus avium2023
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2023
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2023
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2023
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2023
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2023
Bird CherryPrunus padus2023
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2023
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2023
HemlockConium maculatum2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Myosotis discolor subsp. discolorMyosotis discolor subsp. discolor2023
Common CouchElymus repens2023
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2023
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2023
Glaucous Dog-RoseRosa vosagiaca2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris2023
IvyHedera helix2023
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2023
Common VetchVicia sativa2023
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
DandelionTaraxacum2023
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023
Water DockRumex hydrolapathum2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2023
TormentilPotentilla erecta2023
Spotted DandelionTaraxacum maculosum2023
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2023
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2023
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2023
BroomCytisus scoparius2023
Purple WillowSalix purpurea2023
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2023
Salix fragilisSalix fragilis2023
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2023
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,503 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds23 species

autumn

2025

Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Meadow Pipit · Blackbird +18

KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Rock DoveColumba livia
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summerautumn

2024

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Cicadella viridis · Perlodes mortoni

Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni

🌿

Plants131 species

spring

2024

Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Common Spike-rush · Red-osier Dogwood · Steeple-bush · Dipsacus fullonum +126

Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris
Red-osier DogwoodCornus sericea2023
Steeple-bushSpiraea douglasii2023
Dipsacus fullonumDipsacus fullonum2023
Remote SedgeCarex remota2023
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica
Reflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distans
HopHumulus lupulus2023
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2023
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2023
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2023
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2023
Common SedgeCarex nigra2023
BugleAjuga reptans2023
HollyIlex aquifolium2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2023
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2023
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2023
TimothyPhleum pratense2023
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2023
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2023
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2023
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2023
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2023
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2023
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2023
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris2023
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2023
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2023
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023
PignutConopodium majus2023
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2023
Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2023
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2023
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023
Rush AsterSymphyotrichum novi-belgii2023
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2023
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023
Field MapleAcer campestre2023
RowanSorbus aucuparia2023
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2023
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2023
Leopard's-baneDoronicum pardalianches2023
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
Common DuckweedLemna minor2023
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2023
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2023
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2023
HawkweedHieracium2023
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2023
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2023
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2023
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2023
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2023
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2023
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023
Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisFicaria verna subsp. fertilis2023
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023
Wild CherryPrunus avium2023
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2023
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2023
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2023
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2023
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2023
Bird CherryPrunus padus2023
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2023
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2023
HemlockConium maculatum2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Myosotis discolor subsp. discolorMyosotis discolor subsp. discolor2023
Common CouchElymus repens2023
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2023
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2023
Glaucous Dog-RoseRosa vosagiaca2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris2023
IvyHedera helix2023
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2023
Common VetchVicia sativa2023
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
DandelionTaraxacum2023
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023
Water DockRumex hydrolapathum2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2023
TormentilPotentilla erecta2023
Spotted DandelionTaraxacum maculosum2023
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2023
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2023
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2023
BroomCytisus scoparius2023
Purple WillowSalix purpurea2023
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2023
Salix fragilisSalix fragilis2023
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2023
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Bremner · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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