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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.39594, -2.84910
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Chiffchaff
- ✦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
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Chiffchaff
- ✦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 — Magpie, Chiffchaff, Linnet +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Magpie, Chiffchaff, Linnet +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hairy St John's-wort, Common Chickweed, Lady's Bedstraw +180 more · last seen 2016
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Melanostoma scalare, Snail Hunter +4 more · last seen 2024
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 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
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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,911 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,911 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Chiffchaff · Chaffinch · Swallow · Wren +20
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Melanostoma scalare · Snail Hunter · Common Green Grasshopper
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Mountain Everlasting · Woodruff · Hairy-brome · Great Willowherb · Harebell +113
- Mountain EverlastingAntennaria dioica
- WoodruffGalium odoratum
- Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,911 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Chiffchaff · Chaffinch · Swallow · Wren +20
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Melanostoma scalare · Snail Hunter · Common Green Grasshopper
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Mountain Everlasting · Woodruff · Hairy-brome · Great Willowherb · Harebell +113
- Mountain EverlastingAntennaria dioica
- WoodruffGalium odoratum
- Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
