Loch Ardinning

Loch Ardinning is a wildlife reserve not far out of Glasgow on the A81 road out towards Aberfoyle. It is just a short way past the main turnoff to Mugdock Country Park, and parking is in laybys on either side of the road.

Today was a lovely day, sunny and very warm. We took the circular walk that heads first through woodland, and then up away from the loch onto moorland with great views over towards the Campsies and Dumgoyne Hill, before heading back towards the loch, with more great views of the same hills.

As we got closer to the loch, we passed a small stream with a couple of small but pretty waterfalls.

There were plenty of wildflowers and lots of dragonflies around. It was very hard to capture a good photo of the dragonflies! This was our best effort….

So just a short trip out, it took around an hour for the circular walk. Because of it’s proximity to Mugdock, you could easily visit both and make a fuller day of it.