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Acreknowe Reservoir

18 ha

📷 Walter Baxter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome18 ha

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55.38709, -2.79889

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Little Grebe
🍄Mushroom 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

🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Little Grebe
🍄Mushroom 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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Little Grebe, Tufted Duck +78 more · last seen 2026; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Mallard, Little Grebe, Tufted Duck +78 more · last seen 2026; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Larch Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Arthonia subfuscicola, Lichenochora aipoliae · last seen 2019

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Borders Abbeys WayWalking route109 km

Named routeLength 109 kmRound tripNational walking route

Romans and Reivers RouteWalking route84 km

Named routeLength 84 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Cross Borders Drove Road (Traquair to Hawick)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

DenholmCycling route23 km

Named routeRef blueLength 23 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Cavers and StobsCycling route30 km

Named routeRef redLength 30 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Vertish Hill LoopCycling route12 km

Named routeRef greenLength 12 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

RobertsonCycling route22 km

Named routeRef yellowLength 22 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Border LoopCycling route

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km

Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

4,545 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,545 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumn

2026

Mallard · Little Grebe · Coot · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck +47

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SwiftApus apus2025

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Insects4 species

summer

2025

Common Red Soldier Beetle · Larch Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Green Grasshopper

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,545 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumn

2026

Mallard · Little Grebe · Coot · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck +47

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Common Red Soldier Beetle · Larch Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Green Grasshopper

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Walter Baxter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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