Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.35020, -2.93179
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Carrion Crow
- ✦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, Carrion Crow, Willow Warbler +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Willow Warbler +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Melancholy Thistle, Wood Crane's-bill, Bitter-vetch +198 more · last seen 2017
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Lichen (unidentified) · last seen 2013
Varies
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Romans and Reivers RouteWalking route84 km▾
Named routeLength 84 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
RobertsonCycling route22 km▾
Named routeRef yellowLength 22 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Photos
The Colterscleuch Monument
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,083 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,083 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2026▾
Magpie · Kestrel · Chiffchaff · Willow Warbler · House Sparrow +44
- MagpiePica pica2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
- SwiftApus apus2020
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2018
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2019
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2019
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2019
- JayGarrulus glandarius2019
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2017
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Badger · Stoat · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- BadgerMeles meles2019
- StoatMustela erminea2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
Barberry · Curled Dock · Greater Plantain · Heath Bedstraw · Hogweed +6
- BarberryBerberis vulgaris
- Curled DockRumex crispus2017
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2017
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2017
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2017
- Bush VetchVicia sepium2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,083 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2026▾
Magpie · Kestrel · Chiffchaff · Willow Warbler · House Sparrow +44
- MagpiePica pica2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
- SwiftApus apus2020
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2018
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2019
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2019
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2019
- JayGarrulus glandarius2019
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2017
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Badger · Stoat · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- BadgerMeles meles2019
- StoatMustela erminea2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
Barberry · Curled Dock · Greater Plantain · Heath Bedstraw · Hogweed +6
- BarberryBerberis vulgaris
- Curled DockRumex crispus2017
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2017
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2017
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2017
- Bush VetchVicia sepium2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas