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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
Dogs welcome
Places › Scotland › Central Scotland › North Lanarkshire Getting here
55.85952, -4.04241
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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 ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here ☕ Hope Church Community Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here ☕ Hope Church Community Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out ☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Moorhen +78 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Moorhen +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Painted Lady, Lily Beetle, Syrphus +30 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Painted Lady, Lily Beetle, Syrphus +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Thunberg's Barberry, Beech, Wall-rue +15 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Thunberg's Barberry, Beech, Wall-rue +15 more · last seen 2024
Free
Plants — Beech, Stellaria media, Bramble
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 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 ▾
East Loop Walking route ▾
West Loop Walking route ▾
Seven Lochs Trail Walking route ▾
www.sevenlochs.org
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 88 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 74 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 74 National Cycle Network
Show on map East Kilbride to Uddingston signed cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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 Photos Path in West End Park, Coatbridge
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Wildlife to spot
3,449 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,449 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Robin · Black-headed Gull +46
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Dunnock Prunella modularis Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rock Dove Columba livia Greylag Goose Anser anser Goldcrest Regulus regulus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Goosander Mergus merganser Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Coot Fulica atra Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Gadwall Mareca strepera Herring Gull Larus argentatus Siskin Spinus spinus Swift Apus apus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita House Martin Delichon urbicum Common Gull Larus canus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Sand Martin Riparia riparia Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Weasel · Water Vole
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Weasel Mustela nivalis Water Vole Arvicola amphibius 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris2025 Syrphus · Melanostoma · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Endomychus coccineus +8
Syrphus Syrphus Melanostoma Melanostoma Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Blue Fleabane · Creeping-Jenny · Common Millet
Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris Creeping-Jenny Lysimachia nummularia Common Millet Panicum miliaceum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,449 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Robin · Black-headed Gull +46
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Dunnock Prunella modularis Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rock Dove Columba livia Greylag Goose Anser anser Goldcrest Regulus regulus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Goosander Mergus merganser Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Coot Fulica atra Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Gadwall Mareca strepera Herring Gull Larus argentatus Siskin Spinus spinus Swift Apus apus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita House Martin Delichon urbicum Common Gull Larus canus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Sand Martin Riparia riparia Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Weasel · Water Vole
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Weasel Mustela nivalis Water Vole Arvicola amphibius 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris2025 Syrphus · Melanostoma · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Endomychus coccineus +8
Syrphus Syrphus Melanostoma Melanostoma Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Blue Fleabane · Creeping-Jenny · Common Millet
Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris Creeping-Jenny Lysimachia nummularia Common Millet Panicum miliaceum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
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 