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Capplegill, Settlement

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Dogs welcome0 ha

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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wren, Robin, Chaffinch +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wren, Robin, Chaffinch +61 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Garden Lady's-mantle, Spreading-leaved Grimmia, Delicate Germanderwort +89 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Garden Lady's-mantle, Spreading-leaved Grimmia, Delicate Germanderwort +89 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red Carpet, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, mayflies +39 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red Carpet, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, mayflies +39 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Southern Upland Way (Section A - Portpatrick to Melrose)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

Grey Mare's Tail and Loch Skeen TrailWalking route

Named routeRef RW 3Local walking route

Wildlife to spot

3,731 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,731 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

spring

2026

Robin · Wren · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit +39

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
RavenCorvus corax2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Weasel · Common Shrew · Badger · Red Squirrel · Feral Goat +2

WeaselMustela nivalis
Common ShrewSorex araneus2024
BadgerMeles meles
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Feral GoatCapra hircus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
American MinkNeovison vison2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly · Carabus problematicus · mayflies

Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
mayfliesEphemeroptera2024

🌿

Plants3 species

springsummer

2025

Garden Lady's-mantle · Great Wood-rush · Hairy Wood-rush

Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,731 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

spring

2026

Robin · Wren · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit +39

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
RavenCorvus corax2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Weasel · Common Shrew · Badger · Red Squirrel · Feral Goat +2

WeaselMustela nivalis
Common ShrewSorex araneus2024
BadgerMeles meles
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Feral GoatCapra hircus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
American MinkNeovison vison2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2025

Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly · Carabus problematicus · mayflies

Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
mayfliesEphemeroptera2024

🌿

Plants3 species

springsummer

2025

Garden Lady's-mantle · Great Wood-rush · Hairy Wood-rush

Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 G Laird · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Road Bridge at Capplegill, north-east of Moffat

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