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What's in our park?
- Perchy Pond Local Nature Reserve
- Greenhead Moss lowland raised bog (candidate National Nature Reserve)
- Over 6Km of accessible paths
- 25 hectares of wildflower meadows
- new and old woodlands
- numerous small ponds and wetland areas
- a demonstration wildlife garden
- wide open views into 'the crater'
- views to Tinto, Law and the Pentlands
- lots of friendly locals!
Click here to view a guide to Perchy Pond's birdlife
A feature of our park:
The new viewing platform at Perchy Pond, April 2008
Pictured above are David, Davy, Colin, Aileen, Meg the dog, Alan & Liam.
The new platform at Perchy Pond was designed by Colin Smith, one of
our Community Liaison Officers. Over a period of 4 days, staff and volunteers worked in varied weather demolishing the old
platform and installing the new one. The new platform is more accessible, larger and extends further out into the pond. Landscaping
works will now be done to improve the area around the platform.
Well done to Colin and the team!
Thanks also to North Lanarkshire Council's Conservation and Greening Unit
& Scottish Natural Heritage for funding this project.
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| Local children showing off their local park. |
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| Southmuir Wood, one of the more established woods within our park |
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The new map 'names' project:
We are creating a new map for the site and have had lots of suggestions
for names of paths, areas and entrances. Thanks to all who contributed their ideas and stories about the park.
New
path and place names will include:
Rolink Path, named after the family who used to live in Moss Cottage.
Lumsden
Lane, named after Tommy Lumsden who fought hard to save the site for the local community.
Railway path, which runs along
the old line of the railway that used to carry the coal.
Liam's lane, named after one of most active volunteers who
comes into the park along this route.
Some places have been named to reflect their habitat type such as The Serengeti,
the Everglades and Uluru.
The new map will be published soon, with
many more new names on it. We hope it will help people understand the history of the park and those who have worked to save
it and develop it over the years.
Thanks again to all who contributed.
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| (c) Jimmy Maxwell |
The Willow Tit Project:
These small buff and black birds are rare in Scotland and Greenhead Moss
is the most northerly breeding site for them.
We want to help their breeding success by feeding them through the winter,
providing nest boxes in the spring and monitoirng their success thereafter.
This project is co-ordinated
by the North Lanarkshire Biodiversity Partnership. For more
information or to offer help, please contact us.
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New maps, showing accessible paths, will be added in the near future. If you have any
queries about accessiblity of our site, please get in touch.
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Visit us via public tranport or bicycle Buses
- Several bus routes from Motherwell, Hamilton and Lanark stop outside the park in Waterloo and/ or Cambusnethan. Trains - Our nearest Station is Wishaw. We are then a 10 minute
walk south along Wishaw main street which becomes Stewarton Street near the park in Waterloo. Cycling - As yet, we have no cycle parking but cycling is a
great way to explore the park! The
park is signposted from Stewarton Street, Waterloo and Cambusnethan Road, Cambusnethan.
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