Adderston Lee, Settlement
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.39949, -2.74348
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Wren
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Wren
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Wren, Pied Wagtail +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Common Pipistrelle, Grey Squirrel, Soprano Pipistrelle +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Common Green Grasshopper, Cuckoo-Spit Insect +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bogbean, Common Rock-rose, Lesser Tussock-sedge +189 more · last seen 2011
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Borders Abbeys WayWalking route109 km▾
Named routeLength 109 kmRound tripNational walking route
Cross Borders Drove Road (Traquair to Hawick)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km▾
Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
Rough grazing at Adderston Lee
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Wildlife to spot
1,351 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,351 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Chaffinch · Starling · Goldfinch · Robin +32
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Stoat · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Mole +1
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- StoatMustela erminea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Orchid Beetle · Common Green Grasshopper · Pine Weevil · Marmalade Hoverfly · Field Grasshopper +20
- Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Pine WeevilHylobius abietis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,351 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Chaffinch · Starling · Goldfinch · Robin +32
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Stoat · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Mole +1
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- StoatMustela erminea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Orchid Beetle · Common Green Grasshopper · Pine Weevil · Marmalade Hoverfly · Field Grasshopper +20
- Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Pine WeevilHylobius abietis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas