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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Earlston Bowling Club Car Park 99m away — 10 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Earlston Bowling Club Car Park 99m away — 10 car parks within reach

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Jackdaw, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Jackdaw, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Green Grasshopper, Ectopsocus petersi, 7-spot Ladybird +5 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Green Grasshopper, Ectopsocus petersi, 7-spot Ladybird +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Farm visits

Good match

Animal sanctuary or shelter

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Green Alkanet, Bastard Agrimony, Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2023; Plants — Green Alkanet, Bastard Agrimony, Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Jubilee PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Leader Water PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Eildon Hills TrailWalking route

Named routeRef RW 2Local walking route

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

Named routeNational walking route

Borders Abbeys WayWalking route109 km

Named routeLength 109 kmRound tripNational walking route

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Cycling

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

4 Abbeys CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 4Round tripRegional cycle route

NCN 1 Berwick-upon-Tweed to InnerleithenCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Melrose Blue RouteCycling route8 km

Abbotsford Circuit

Named routeRef blueLength 8 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Melrose Yellow RouteCycling route22 km

Scott's View and Dryburgh

Named routeRef yellowLength 22 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Melrose Green RouteCycling route

Eildons

Named routeRef greenLocal cycle route

Melrose Red RouteCycling route25 km

Midlem & Lindean

Named routeRef redLength 25 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

11,850 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,850 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Wren +66

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022

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Mammals7 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Red Squirrel · Brown Hare +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
BadgerMeles meles2024
OtterLutra lutra2024

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Amphibians1 species

summer

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects8 species

winter

2025

Common Green Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Ectopsocus petersi · Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis · White-marked Spider Beetle +3

Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis
White-marked Spider BeetlePtinus fur
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Epicaecilius pilipennisEpicaecilius pilipennis
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

🌿

Plants91 species

springsummer

2024

Few-flowered Garlic · Toothwort · Bastard Agrimony · Wood Anemone · Moschatel +86

Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum
ToothwortLathraea squamaria
Bastard AgrimonyAremonia agrimonoides
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2023
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2022
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
Dog-roseRosa canina
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
HollyIlex aquifolium
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2023
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2023
Milky BellflowerCampanula lactiflora2023
Dark MulleinVerbascum nigrum2023
Common DuckweedLemna minor2023
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2023
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2023
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2023
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2023
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023
ButterburPetasites hybridus2023
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum2023
Polygonatum multiflorumPolygonatum multiflorum2023
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2023
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2023
Bird CherryPrunus padus2023
Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2023
Tuberous ComfreySymphytum tuberosum2023
daffodilsNarcissus2023
WeldReseda luteola2023
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2023
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2023
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2023
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
Red CampionSilene dioica2023
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2023
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2022
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2022
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris2022
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
DaisyBellis perennis2022
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Wild CherryPrunus avium2022
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2022
RaspberryRubus idaeus2022
Bread WheatTriticum aestivum2022
SanicleSanicula europaea2022
NipplewortLapsana communis2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,850 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Wren +66

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Red Squirrel · Brown Hare +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
BadgerMeles meles2024
OtterLutra lutra2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects8 species

winter

2025

Common Green Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Ectopsocus petersi · Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis · White-marked Spider Beetle +3

Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis
White-marked Spider BeetlePtinus fur
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Epicaecilius pilipennisEpicaecilius pilipennis
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

🌿

Plants91 species

springsummer

2024

Few-flowered Garlic · Toothwort · Bastard Agrimony · Wood Anemone · Moschatel +86

Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum
ToothwortLathraea squamaria
Bastard AgrimonyAremonia agrimonoides
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2023
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2022
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
Dog-roseRosa canina
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
HollyIlex aquifolium
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2023
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2023
Milky BellflowerCampanula lactiflora2023
Dark MulleinVerbascum nigrum2023
Common DuckweedLemna minor2023
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2023
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2023
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2023
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2023
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023
ButterburPetasites hybridus2023
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum2023
Polygonatum multiflorumPolygonatum multiflorum2023
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2023
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2023
Bird CherryPrunus padus2023
Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2023
Tuberous ComfreySymphytum tuberosum2023
daffodilsNarcissus2023
WeldReseda luteola2023
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2023
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2023
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2023
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
Red CampionSilene dioica2023
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2023
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2022
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2022
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris2022
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
DaisyBellis perennis2022
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Wild CherryPrunus avium2022
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2022
RaspberryRubus idaeus2022
Bread WheatTriticum aestivum2022
SanicleSanicula europaea2022
NipplewortLapsana communis2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Eileen Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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