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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.62485, -2.53723
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Nuthatch +79 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Nuthatch +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Bluebell, Yellow Water-lily, Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2023; Plants — Bluebell, Yellow Water-lily, Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Borders Abbeys WayWalking route109 km▾
Named routeLength 109 kmRound tripNational walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
4 Abbeys CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Round tripRegional cycle route
NCN 1 Berwick-upon-Tweed to InnerleithenCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Melrose Yellow RouteCycling route22 km▾
Scott's View and Dryburgh
Named routeRef yellowLength 22 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Kelso Green RouteCycling route30 km▾
Named routeRef greenLength 30 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Kelso Yellow RouteCycling route39 km▾
Named routeRef yellowLength 39 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Border LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route
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Fields north of Spotsmains near Kelso
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Wildlife to spot
3,002 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,002 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Yellowhammer · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Goldfinch +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Common Couch · Common Fumitory · Tufted Vetch · Downy Birch · Meadowsweet +101
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,002 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Yellowhammer · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Goldfinch +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Common Couch · Common Fumitory · Tufted Vetch · Downy Birch · Meadowsweet +101
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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