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Windywa's Silvermine

📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

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55.92637, -3.61947

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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
🌿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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Coot, Mallard, Greylag Goose +78 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Coot, Mallard, Greylag Goose +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sheep's Fescue agg., False Oat-grass, Broad Buckler-fern +210 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Sheep's Fescue agg., False Oat-grass, Broad Buckler-fern +210 more · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Rowan, Raspberry, Hawkweed +30 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Eristalis tenax, Oedemera virescens, Hoverfly +14 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Eristalis tenax, Oedemera virescens, Hoverfly +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 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

Linlithgow Marches Perambulation routeWalking route

Named route

John Muir Way (Falkirk to Linlithgow)Walking route15 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 15 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Linlithgow Loch to Union Canal LinkWalking route

Named routeRef WL35Local walking route

🚴

Cycling

72 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

John Muir WayCycling route215 km

Named routeRef JMWLength 215 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

Peel PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Almond PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 754Cycling route

Named routeRef 754National Cycle Network

Nell Burn PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Blue RouteMountain bike route

Named route

Green RouteMountain bike route

Named route

Red RouteMountain bike route

Named route

Great North Trail (Central Belt)Mountain bike route83.7 km

Named routeLength 83.7 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

5,629 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,629 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2025

Coot · Greylag Goose · Tufted Duck · Pink-footed Goose · Mallard +55

CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CurlewNumenius arquata
TealAnas crecca
WigeonMareca penelope
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RavenCorvus corax
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
SwiftApus apus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
GadwallMareca strepera
Stock DoveColumba oenas
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SmewMergellus albellus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Common GullLarus canus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
MagpiePica pica2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Great TitParus major2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

winter

2025

Brown Hare · Pine Marten · Daubenton's Bat · Badger · Brown Long-eared Bat

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Pine MartenMartes martes
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
BadgerMeles meles
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus

🐝

Insects7 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Oedemera virescens · Bibio +2

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
SyrphusSyrphus
Oedemera virescensOedemera virescens
BibioBibio
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Rhingia campestris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,629 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2025

Coot · Greylag Goose · Tufted Duck · Pink-footed Goose · Mallard +55

CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CurlewNumenius arquata
TealAnas crecca
WigeonMareca penelope
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RavenCorvus corax
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
SwiftApus apus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
GadwallMareca strepera
Stock DoveColumba oenas
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SmewMergellus albellus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Common GullLarus canus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
MagpiePica pica2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Great TitParus major2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

winter

2025

Brown Hare · Pine Marten · Daubenton's Bat · Badger · Brown Long-eared Bat

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Pine MartenMartes martes
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
BadgerMeles meles
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus

🐝

Insects7 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Oedemera virescens · Bibio +2

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
SyrphusSyrphus
Oedemera virescensOedemera virescens
BibioBibio
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Rhingia campestris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Anne Burgess · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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