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55.62520, -2.67279
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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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Western Honey Bee, Oedemera virescens +26 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Western Honey Bee, Oedemera virescens +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Green Alkanet, Snowdrop, Red Campion +1 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Green Alkanet, Snowdrop, Red Campion +1 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jubilee Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Leader Water Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Eildon Hills Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref RW 2 Local walking route
Show on map Saint Cuthbert's Way (Melrose to Kirk Yetholm) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map Borders Abbeys Way Walking route 109 km ▾
Named route Length 109 km Round trip National walking route
Show on map 25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
4 Abbeys Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN 1 Berwick-upon-Tweed to Innerleithen Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Melrose Blue Route Cycling route 8 km ▾
Abbotsford Circuit
Named route Ref blue Length 8 km Round trip Local cycle route
Show on map Melrose Yellow Route Cycling route 22 km ▾
Scott's View and Dryburgh
Named route Ref yellow Length 22 km Round trip Local cycle route
Show on map Melrose Green Route Cycling route ▾
Eildons
Named route Ref green Local cycle route
Show on map Melrose Red Route Cycling route 25 km ▾
Midlem & Lindean
Named route Ref red Length 25 km Round trip Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Trail Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
8,366 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,366 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 55 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Wren · Jackdaw +50
Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit · Roe Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Badger Meles meles2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 🐝 Insects 13 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Oedemera virescens · Common Green Grasshopper · Volucella bombylans · 14-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly +8
Oedemera virescens Oedemera virescens Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris Green Alkanet
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,366 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 55 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Wren · Jackdaw +50
Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit · Roe Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Badger Meles meles2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 🐝 Insects 13 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Oedemera virescens · Common Green Grasshopper · Volucella bombylans · 14-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly +8
Oedemera virescens Oedemera virescens Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris Green Alkanet
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus 