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Castle Law

✦ Ancient woodland1 ha

📷 Russel Wills · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

55.56560, -2.27831

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
🌳Ancient woodland 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

🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Greylag Goose +89 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Greylag Goose +89 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland

Ancient woodland

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Heritage

Strong match

Free

Historic site

Insect spotting

Good match

Free

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis arbustorum, Common Red Soldier Beetle +2 more · last seen 2025

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Free

Plants — Dyer's Greenweed, Welsh Poppy, Fox-and-cubs +1 more · last seen 2024

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾

Named routeNational walking route

Pennine Way (Tan Hill to Kirk Yetholm) - deviationWalking route▾

to keep main route contiguous for route analysis

Named routeLocal walking route

Saint Cuthbert's Way (Melrose to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾

Named routeNational walking route

Saint Cuthbert's Way (Kirk Yetholm to Lindisfarne)Walking route▾

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

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5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Yetholm Blue routeCycling route9 km▾

Named routeRef blueLength 9 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Kelso Red RouteCycling route53 km▾

Named routeRef redLength 53 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Yetholm Orange routeCycling route22 km▾

Named routeRef orangeLength 22 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Border LoopCycling route▾

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

Tweed CyclewayCycling route▾

Named routeRef TRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,691 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

1,691 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds92 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Mute Swan · Mallard · Greylag Goose · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw

+87 more species

All 92 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
CootFulica atra2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SwiftApus apus2025
RavenCorvus corax2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Great White EgretArdea alba2020
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
ScaupAythya marila2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2021
PochardAythya ferina2020
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2020
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus2019

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Mammals6 species

wintersummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Otter · Brown Hare · Badger · Red Squirrel

+1 more species

All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
OtterLutra lutra
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
BadgerMeles meles2022
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2020

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Insects5 species

summer

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis arbustorum · Common Red Soldier Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Cercopis vulnerata

🌿

Plants4 species

summer

2024

Dyer's Greenweed · Welsh Poppy · Fox-and-cubs · Common Nettle

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,691 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds92 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Mute Swan · Mallard · Greylag Goose · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw

+87 more species

All 92 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
CootFulica atra2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SwiftApus apus2025
RavenCorvus corax2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Great White EgretArdea alba2020
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
ScaupAythya marila2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2021
PochardAythya ferina2020
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2020
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus2019

🦌

Mammals6 species

wintersummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Otter · Brown Hare · Badger · Red Squirrel

+1 more species

All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
OtterLutra lutra
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
BadgerMeles meles2022
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2020

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Insects5 species

summer

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis arbustorum · Common Red Soldier Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Cercopis vulnerata

🌿

Plants4 species

summer

2024

Dyer's Greenweed · Welsh Poppy · Fox-and-cubs · Common Nettle

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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📷 Russel Wills · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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📷 Russel Wills · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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⛪Yetholm Parish ChurchReligious grounds2.1 km→✦HalfwayhouseHistoric site2.8 km→✦Site of ChapelHistoric site2.4 km→✦Green HumbletonHistoric site3.3 km→✦Site of ChapelHistoric site4.1 km→✦Site of Clifton VillageHistoric site4.4 km→