Conifer woodland near The Flatt
239 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome239 ha
Getting here
55.15622, -2.63191
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Blanket bog priority habitat
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route24 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route6.2 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 6.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route367 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 367 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lonesome Pine MTB Trail (Red)Mountain bike route▾
Bloody Bush MTB Trail (Red)Mountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km▾
Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
326 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
326 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
summerautumn
2016▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Meadow Pipit · Wren · Coal Tit +19
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula2015
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2015
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2015
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2011
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2011
- SiskinSpinus spinus2014
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2015
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2011
- JayGarrulus glandarius2012
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2015
- DunnockPrunella modularis2015
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2015
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2011
- RavenCorvus corax2010
- CuckooCuculus canorus2015
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2011
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2011
- Great TitParus major2010
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2010
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2010
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2010
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2010
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2010
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2010▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green-veined White · Orange-tip · Peacock · Olisthopus rotundatus · Small Heath
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2016
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2011
- PeacockAglais io2010
- Olisthopus rotundatusOlisthopus rotundatus
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2010
Common Bent · Marsh Thistle · Greater Plantain · Silver Birch · Short-fruited Willowherb +71
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
326 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
summerautumn
2016▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Meadow Pipit · Wren · Coal Tit +19
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula2015
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2015
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2015
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2011
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2011
- SiskinSpinus spinus2014
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2015
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2011
- JayGarrulus glandarius2012
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2015
- DunnockPrunella modularis2015
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2015
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2011
- RavenCorvus corax2010
- CuckooCuculus canorus2015
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2011
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2011
- Great TitParus major2010
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2010
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2010
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2010
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2010
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2010
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2010▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green-veined White · Orange-tip · Peacock · Olisthopus rotundatus · Small Heath
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2016
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2011
- PeacockAglais io2010
- Olisthopus rotundatusOlisthopus rotundatus
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2010
Common Bent · Marsh Thistle · Greater Plantain · Silver Birch · Short-fruited Willowherb +71
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
