Standburn Community Park
54 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome54 ha
Getting here
55.95645, -3.71723
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 162m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 162m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Tree Sparrow, Great Tit +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Tree Sparrow, Great Tit +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Meadow Vetchling, Creeping Buttercup, Bilberry +10 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Painted Lady, Peacock, Small White +30 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Painted Lady, Peacock, Small White +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathWalking route106 km▾
Named routeLength 106 kmNational walking route
River Avon Heritage TrailWalking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmRegional walking route
blueWalking route▾
Named routeRound trip
redWalking route▾
Named routeRound trip
yellowWalking route▾
Named routeRound trip
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 76Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
John Muir WayCycling route215 km▾
Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route
Helix Around Town TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef HArTTLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 754Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 754Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route139 m▾
Named routeRef 754Length 139 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km▾
Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network
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Pond viewing platform, Drumbowie Park, Standburn
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
1,578 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,578 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Chaffinch · Bullfinch · Wren · Robin · Great Tit +33
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Badger · Mole · Roe Deer +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians4 species
spring
2022▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Cantharis nigricans · Scathophaga stercoraria · Black Clock · Rhingia rostrata +7
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024
- Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2024
🌿Plants13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Meadow Vetchling · Creeping Buttercup · Bilberry · Bitter-vetch · Tufted Vetch +8
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,578 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Chaffinch · Bullfinch · Wren · Robin · Great Tit +33
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Badger · Mole · Roe Deer +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians4 species
spring
2022▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Cantharis nigricans · Scathophaga stercoraria · Black Clock · Rhingia rostrata +7
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024
- Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2024
🌿Plants13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Meadow Vetchling · Creeping Buttercup · Bilberry · Bitter-vetch · Tufted Vetch +8
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Brown HareLepus europaeus2022Brown HareLepus europaeus2022Hawthorn Shieldbug
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2022Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2022Knotgrass Leaf BeetleChrysolina polita2022Knotgrass Leaf BeetleChrysolina polita2022Oedemera virescensOedemera virescens2022Oedemera virescensOedemera virescens2022Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2022Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2022Coltsfoot
Coltsfoot
Tussilago farfara
Tussilago farfara
IvyHedera helix2022IvyHedera helix2022Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2022Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2022Wild CherryPrunus avium2022Wild CherryPrunus avium2022Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2022Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2022Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022Purple WillowSalix purpurea2022Purple WillowSalix purpurea2022