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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
55.47826, -4.36511
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 103m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 103m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
River Ayr WayWalking route66 km▾
Named routeLength 66 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Galston to Mauchline & Catrine Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
9,734 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,734 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Dipper +25
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects30 species
springautumn
2026▾
Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +25
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- 10-spot Ladybird
🌿Plants14 species
springsummer
2026▾
Upright Hedge-parsley · Yarrow · Snowdrop · Sticky Mouse-ear · Elder +9
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Fox-and-cubs
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,734 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Dipper +25
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects30 species
springautumn
2026▾
Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +25
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- 10-spot Ladybird
🌿Plants14 species
springsummer
2026▾
Upright Hedge-parsley · Yarrow · Snowdrop · Sticky Mouse-ear · Elder +9
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Fox-and-cubs
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia decempunctata
Adalia decempunctata
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Anchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalisMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20242-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024Leistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbis2025Leistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbis2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Minettia fasciataMinettia fasciata2025Minettia fasciataMinettia fasciata2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Cereal Leaf BeetleOulema duftschmidi/melanopus2025Cereal Leaf BeetleOulema duftschmidi/melanopus2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Pogonocherus hispidusPogonocherus hispidus2025Pogonocherus hispidusPogonocherus hispidus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025BaetisBaetis2025BaetisBaetis2025Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025SylvicolaSylvicola2025SylvicolaSylvicola2025Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2024Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2024Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2024Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2024Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2024SepsisSepsis2024SepsisSepsis2024Pilosella aurantiaca2025
Pilosella aurantiaca2025
Field PansyViola arvensis2025Field PansyViola arvensis2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica2025Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica2025HonestyLunaria annua2025HonestyLunaria annua2025Forget-Me-NotMyosotis2025Forget-Me-NotMyosotis2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025