Aecom The Landscape of the Seven Lochs Study Area The Seven Lochs Wetland Park study area comprises a significant region of green space on the edge of Glasgow and North Lanarkshire urban conurbations and forms part of the Glasgow Green Belt. Much of the area is rural in character with open fields and hedgerows, with traces of historic peat cutting and of former mining activities such as bings. Large public parks are located along the periphery of the study area with recreational facilities at Drumpellier and Hogganfield Parks. Water is a dominant feature within the landscape here in the form of open water, burns and seasonally flooded or persistently wet ground with a complex catchment area converging on the Bothlin Burn then draining to the north and east.
woodland adjacent to Easterhouse; mature estate woodland at Gartloch; and copse fringe along Garnkirk Moss North and Heathfield Moss. Semi natural woodland exists at Gartcosh Local Nature Reserve; Drumpellier Park; Woodend Loch; Frankfield Loch and parts of Hogganfield Park. The network of wetland and woodland habitats together with open water, reedbeds, wet grasslands, mosses and wet woodlands, and along with substantial peat deposits, provide a rich and valuable natural. The value of this resource is recognised by the SSSIs at Bishops Loch and Woodend Loch. Local Nature Reserves have also been designated at Commonhead Moss, Gartcosh, Craigend Wood, Cardowan Moss and Hogganfield. Several of these extensive areas are designated as Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation. Further details of landscape and environmental designations across the study area are described within Chapter 2 of the report - ‘Context’.
A substantial proportion of the study area is made up of natural or semi natural open green space in the form of open water, woodland, wetland and moss. The main water bodies of the study area include: - Hogganfield Loch; - Frankfield Loch; - Bishop Loch; - Johnston Loch; - Lochend Loch; - Woodend Loch; - The ponds and pools of Gartcosh Local Nature Reserve and Garnqueen Loch; - The emerging Gartloch Pools; and - Small streams and water courses such as the Bothlin Burn. There are pockets of scattered woodland which include field boundaries and riparian corridors; plantation woodland on the western edge of Cardowan Moss; community Fig. 10.03 Gartloch Pools viewed from Gartloch Road 176
APPENDICES