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🛝 Family🎠 Play🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 0 ha
Getting here
55.86682, -4.03056
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 35+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Summerlee Heritage Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 35+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Summerlee Heritage Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Dunnock +32 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Dunnock +32 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Eristalis pertinax, Cicadella viridis +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Clyde Walkway Walking route 68 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 route Ref CW Length 68 km National walking route
Show on map The North Calder Heritage Trail Walking route ▾
Seven Lochs Trail Walking route ▾
www.sevenlochs.org
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Provan Hall Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Strathkelvin Railway Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 84 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 National Cycle Network
Show on map Holytown to Eurocentral Cycle Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Glasgow to Cumbernauld Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Strathkelvin Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 79 m ▾
Named route Ref 75 Length 79 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 51 m ▾
Named route Length 51 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface concrete
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Wildlife to spot
2,972 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,972 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Dunnock · Robin · Blackbird +30
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Swift Apus apus2024 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Magpie Pica pica Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Goosander Mergus merganser2024 Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2023 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 Syrphus · Eristalis pertinax · Cicadella viridis · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +17
Syrphus Syrphus Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Acrossus rufipes Acrossus rufipes2023 Melanostoma 🌿 Plants 54 species
spring autumn
2024 ▾
Blue Fleabane · Yellow Corydalis · Creeping-Jenny · White-stemmed Bramble · Common Millet +49
Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris Yellow Corydalis Pseudofumaria lutea2023 Creeping-Jenny Lysimachia nummularia White-stemmed Bramble Rubus cockburnianus Common Millet Panicum miliaceum Rough Bent Agrostis scabra Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,972 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Dunnock · Robin · Blackbird +30
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Swift Apus apus2024 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Magpie Pica pica Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Goosander Mergus merganser2024 Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2023 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 Syrphus · Eristalis pertinax · Cicadella viridis · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +17
Syrphus Syrphus Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Acrossus rufipes Acrossus rufipes2023 Melanostoma 🌿 Plants 54 species
spring autumn
2024 ▾
Blue Fleabane · Yellow Corydalis · Creeping-Jenny · White-stemmed Bramble · Common Millet +49
Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris Yellow Corydalis Pseudofumaria lutea2023 Creeping-Jenny Lysimachia nummularia White-stemmed Bramble Rubus cockburnianus Common Millet Panicum miliaceum Rough Bent Agrostis scabra Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Melanostoma
Melanostoma
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Oedemera virescens Oedemera virescens
Oedemera virescens Oedemera virescens
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata2023
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata2023
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2023
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2023
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2023
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2023
Thunberg's Barberry Berberis thunbergii
Thunberg's Barberry Berberis thunbergii
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Hedera helix Hedera helix
Hedera helix Hedera helix
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Shining Crane's-bill Geranium lucidum
Shining Crane's-bill Geranium lucidum
Taraxacum agg. Taraxacum agg.
Taraxacum agg. Taraxacum agg.
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium montanum
Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium montanum
Stellaria media Stellaria media
Stellaria media Stellaria media
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Erophila verna Erophila verna
Erophila verna Erophila verna
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Bramble Rubus fruticosus
Bramble Rubus fruticosus
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2023
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2023
Thyme-leaved Sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia2023
Thyme-leaved Sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia2023
Weld Reseda luteola2023
Weld Reseda luteola2023
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica2023
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica2023
Eyebright Euphrasia2023
Eyebright Euphrasia2023
Raspberry Rubus idaeus2023
Raspberry Rubus idaeus2023
Apple Malus domestica2023
Apple Malus domestica2023
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2023
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2023
Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium2023
Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium2023
Wild Cherry Prunus avium2023
Wild Cherry Prunus avium2023
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis2023
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis2023
Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium2023
Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium2023
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica2023
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica2023
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia2023
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia2023
Black Currant Ribes nigrum2023
Black Currant Ribes nigrum2023
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria2023
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria2023
Scented Mayweed Matricaria chamomilla2023
Scented Mayweed Matricaria chamomilla2023
Alsike Clover Trifolium hybridum2023
Alsike Clover Trifolium hybridum2023
Wild Privet Ligustrum vulgare2023
Wild Privet Ligustrum vulgare2023
Bush Vetch Vicia sepium2023
Bush Vetch Vicia sepium2023
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2023
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2023
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum2023
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum2023
Sherard's Downy-rose Rosa sherardii2023
Sherard's Downy-rose Rosa sherardii2023
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2023
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2023
Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea2023
Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea2023
Winter-cress Barbarea vulgaris2023
Winter-cress Barbarea vulgaris2023
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea2023
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea2023
Rue-leaved Saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites2023
Rue-leaved Saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites2023
Henbit Dead-nettle Lamium amplexicaule2023
Henbit Dead-nettle Lamium amplexicaule2023
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. hibernicus Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. hibernicus2023
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. hibernicus Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. hibernicus2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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