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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › Scotland › Central Scotland › North Lanarkshire Getting here
55.86337, -3.75019
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Lesser Yellow Underwing, July Highflyer, Autumnal Rustic +112 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Lesser Yellow Underwing, July Highflyer, Autumnal Rustic +112 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sweet Vernal-grass, Common Nettle, Jacobaea +287 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Sweet Vernal-grass, Common Nettle, Jacobaea +287 more · last seen 2023
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Mouse-ear-hawkweed, Common Sorrel +18 more foraging species
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 National Cycle Network
Show on map Whitburn Town Walk Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 198 m ▾
Named route Ref 75 Length 198 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 185 m ▾
Named route Ref 75 Length 185 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 5.4 km ▾
Named route Ref 75 Length 5.4 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 7 m ▾
Named route Ref 75 Length 7 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,093 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,093 records · National Biodiversity Network Chaffinch · Kestrel · Magpie · Chiffchaff · Robin +38
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Magpie Pica pica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Tawny Owl Strix aluco2019 Blackbird Turdus merula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Carrion Crow Corvus corone Nuthatch Sitta europaea Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Coal Tit Periparus ater Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Swift Apus apus2021 Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2023 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Curlew Numenius arquata2023 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2020 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2020 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2019 Skylark Alauda arvensis2019 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2019 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2019 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus2019 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2019 🦌 Mammals 4 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Badger · Pine Marten
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Badger Meles meles2023 Pine Marten Martes martes2022 Heath Rustic · Haworth's Minor · Small Wainscot · Common Darter · Large Red Damselfly +27
Heath Rustic Xestia agathina2018 Haworth's Minor Celaena haworthii2018 Small Wainscot Denticucullus pygmina2018 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata 🌿 Plants 15 species
winter summer
2024 ▾
Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Common Toadflax · Bulrush · Male-fern · Broad Buckler-fern +10
Mouse-ear-hawkweed Pilosella officinarum2023 Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris2023 Bulrush Typha latifolia2023 Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata Pineappleweed Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,093 records · National Biodiversity Network Chaffinch · Kestrel · Magpie · Chiffchaff · Robin +38
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Magpie Pica pica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Tawny Owl Strix aluco2019 Blackbird Turdus merula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Carrion Crow Corvus corone Nuthatch Sitta europaea Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Coal Tit Periparus ater Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Swift Apus apus2021 Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2023 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Curlew Numenius arquata2023 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2020 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2020 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2019 Skylark Alauda arvensis2019 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2019 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2019 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus2019 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2019 🦌 Mammals 4 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Badger · Pine Marten
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Badger Meles meles2023 Pine Marten Martes martes2022 Heath Rustic · Haworth's Minor · Small Wainscot · Common Darter · Large Red Damselfly +27
Heath Rustic Xestia agathina2018 Haworth's Minor Celaena haworthii2018 Small Wainscot Denticucullus pygmina2018 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata 🌿 Plants 15 species
winter summer
2024 ▾
Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Common Toadflax · Bulrush · Male-fern · Broad Buckler-fern +10
Mouse-ear-hawkweed Pilosella officinarum2023 Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris2023 Bulrush Typha latifolia2023 Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata Pineappleweed Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata2018
July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata2018
Autumnal Rustic Eugnorisma glareosa2018
Autumnal Rustic Eugnorisma glareosa2018
Ear Moth agg. Amphipoea oculea agg.2018
Ear Moth agg. Amphipoea oculea agg.2018
Spiked Shieldbug Picromerus bidens
Spiked Shieldbug Picromerus bidens
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Chirosia betuleti Chirosia betuleti
Chirosia betuleti Chirosia betuleti
Graphomya maculata Graphomya maculata
Graphomya maculata Graphomya maculata
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Birch Leaf Roller Deporaus betulae
Birch Leaf Roller Deporaus betulae
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2023
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2023
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2023
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2023
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2022
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2022
Emperor Moth Saturnia pavonia2019
Emperor Moth Saturnia pavonia2019
Chevron Eulithis testata2018
Chevron Eulithis testata2018
Dark Marbled Carpet Dysstroma citrata2018
Dark Marbled Carpet Dysstroma citrata2018
Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha2018
Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha2018
Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata2018
Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata2018
Small Autumnal Moth Epirrita filigrammaria2018
Small Autumnal Moth Epirrita filigrammaria2018
Pine Carpet Pennithera firmata2018
Pine Carpet Pennithera firmata2018
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2018
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2018
Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes2018
Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes2018
Neglected Rustic Xestia castanea2018
Neglected Rustic Xestia castanea2018
Silver Y Autographa gamma2018
Silver Y Autographa gamma2018
Grey Pine Carpet Thera obeliscata2018
Grey Pine Carpet Thera obeliscata2018 Matricaria discoidea2023
Matricaria discoidea2023
Grand-toothed Hawkweed Hieracium grandidens2021
Grand-toothed Hawkweed Hieracium grandidens2021
Bramble Rubus fruticosus
Bramble Rubus fruticosus
Hard-fern Blechnum spicant
Hard-fern Blechnum spicant
Lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina
Lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Common Hawkweed Hieracium triviale2021
Common Hawkweed Hieracium triviale2021
Garden Asparagus Asparagus officinalis2021
Garden Asparagus Asparagus officinalis2021
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2019
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2019
Elder Sambucus nigra2019
Elder Sambucus nigra2019 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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