Why visit?

• Fantastic views of birds from the hide
• Explosions of colour from wildflowers
• Colourful butterflies and dragonflies
• User-friendly paths across the reserve

Best time to visit?

• May-Jul for breeding birds
• May-Aug for wildflowers
• Apr-Sep for butterflies & dragonflies
• Oct-Feb for wintering snipe

Visit for:

• Scenery
• Wildflowers
• Grasslands
• Birdwatching

• 
  Snipe
• 
  Common Darter
• 
  Common Pipistrelle
• 
  Common Hawthorn
• 
  Kestrel
• 
  Common Frog
• 
  Small Heath
• 
  Willow Warbler
• 
  Yellowhammer

Directions

Take the M77 from Glasgow. Exit at Junction 3 and follow the A726 to East Kilbride. After 3.5 miles, turn left onto Carmunnock Road (B759) to Carmunnock village. From the village, continue north along Cathkin Road (B759) for about 0.5 miles then turn right onto a minor road. The reserve is located about 1 mile on the left. There is space for two cars to park opposite the reserve entrance.

Getting onto the reserve

Access to the reserve is through a wooden gate and down the hedged track.