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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🛝 Family
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Places › Scotland › South Scotland › South Lanarkshire Getting here
55.74811, -4.14669
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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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Courtyard Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ Courtyard Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Jackdaw, Robin +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Jackdaw, Robin +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area
Free
🐄 Farm visits
Very strong match
Farm attraction
Varies
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 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
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Named route Local walking route
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Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 74 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 74 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 756 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 756 National Cycle Network
Show on map East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
Show on map East Kilbride to Strathaven cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
5,326 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,326 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Wren · Robin +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Magpie Pica pica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Nuthatch Sitta europaea Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Coal Tit Periparus ater Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Dipper Cinclus cinclus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Starling Sturnus vulgaris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Tawny Owl Strix aluco Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Otter
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2024 Otter Lutra lutra2023 🐝 Insects 11 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Seioptera vibrans · Small Nettle Weevil · Eristalis pertinax · Carabus glabratus · Eyed Ladybird +6
Seioptera vibrans Seioptera vibrans Small Nettle Weevil Nedyus quadrimaculatus Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Carabus glabratus Carabus glabratus2024 Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata2024 Bordered Carver Perineura rubi Meadow Buttercup · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Cow Parsley · Spear Thistle · Meadow Vetchling +20
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata Rose Rosa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,326 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Wren · Robin +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Magpie Pica pica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Nuthatch Sitta europaea Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Coal Tit Periparus ater Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Dipper Cinclus cinclus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Starling Sturnus vulgaris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Tawny Owl Strix aluco Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Otter
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2024 Otter Lutra lutra2023 🐝 Insects 11 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Seioptera vibrans · Small Nettle Weevil · Eristalis pertinax · Carabus glabratus · Eyed Ladybird +6
Seioptera vibrans Seioptera vibrans Small Nettle Weevil Nedyus quadrimaculatus Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Carabus glabratus Carabus glabratus2024 Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata2024 Bordered Carver Perineura rubi Meadow Buttercup · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Cow Parsley · Spear Thistle · Meadow Vetchling +20
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata Rose Rosa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2023
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2023
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2023
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2023
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2023
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2023
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2023
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2023
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2023
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2023
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca
Greater Plantain Plantago major
Greater Plantain Plantago major
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius
Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra
Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Wych Elm Ulmus glabra
Wych Elm Ulmus glabra
Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus
Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
White Clover Trifolium repens
White Clover Trifolium repens
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Box-leaved Honeysuckle Lonicera pileata
Box-leaved Honeysuckle Lonicera pileata
Marsh Violet Viola palustris
Marsh Violet Viola palustris 