🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.47603, -2.36147
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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
- 🌿Foraging 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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rook, Swallow, Carrion Crow +70 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Rook, Swallow, Carrion Crow +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wild Marjoram, Hawthorn, Selfheal +259 more · last seen 2016; Plants — Wild Marjoram, Hawthorn, Selfheal +259 more · last seen 2016
Free
Plants — Wild Marjoram, Hawthorn, Elder +36 more foraging species
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Small Copper, Orange-tip, Silver Y +5 more · last seen 2016; Insects — Small Copper, Orange-tip, Silver Y +5 more · last seen 2016
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Saint Cuthbert's Way (Melrose to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
4 Abbeys CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Round tripRegional 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
Kalemouth and NisbetCycling route32 km▾
Named routeRef blueLength 32 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Border LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,225 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,225 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Chiffchaff · Pheasant +23
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Upright Hedge-parsley · Wood Dock · Barren Brome · Common Bent · Wavy Hair-Grass +147
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,225 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Chiffchaff · Pheasant +23
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Upright Hedge-parsley · Wood Dock · Barren Brome · Common Bent · Wavy Hair-Grass +147
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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