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✦Heritage
Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.75242, -2.72314
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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
- ✦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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Southern Upland Way (Section C - Lauder to Cockburnspath)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
Southern Upland Way (Section B - Melrose to Lauder)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Southern Upland WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
Trig point and standing stone, Dabshead Hill summit
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Wildlife to spot
1,654 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,654 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRed Grouse (scotica) · Pheasant · Greylag Goose · Chaffinch · Pied Wagtail +33
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springwinter
2024▾
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Mountain Hare · Field Vole
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Mountain HareLepus timidus2023
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023
Eyebright · Bell Heather · Lesser Spearwort · Heather · Sand Spurrey +95
- EyebrightEuphrasia
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Sand SpurreySpergularia rubra
- Toad RushJuncus bufonius
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,654 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRed Grouse (scotica) · Pheasant · Greylag Goose · Chaffinch · Pied Wagtail +33
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springwinter
2024▾
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Mountain Hare · Field Vole
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Mountain HareLepus timidus2023
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023
Eyebright · Bell Heather · Lesser Spearwort · Heather · Sand Spurrey +95
- EyebrightEuphrasia
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Sand SpurreySpergularia rubra
- Toad RushJuncus bufonius
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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