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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.59496, -3.37454
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Blue Tit
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Blue Tit
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Blue Tit, Great Tit +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Peregrine, Blue Tit, Great Tit +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Clustered Toughshank, Beechmast Candlesnuff, Cingroen +40 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Antler Moth, Dotted Clay +142 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
John Buchan WayWalking route22 km▾
Named routeLength 22 kmLocal walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Border LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route
Innerleithen Purple RouteCycling route86 km▾
Named routeRef purpleLength 86 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Tweed CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef TRegional cycle route
Dreva and DaywickCycling route▾
Named routeRef orangeLocal cycle route
Photos
A carving on an entrance door at Drumelzier Parish Church
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Wildlife to spot
5,629 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,629 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Coal Tit · Robin +24
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Mountain Hare · Stoat +1
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Mountain HareLepus timidus
- StoatMustela erminea2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosus
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Tawny Funnel · Ballerina · Beechmast Candlesnuff · Dead Moll's Fingers · Scaly Earthball +22
- Tawny FunnelParalepista flaccida
- BallerinaPorpolomopsis calyptriformis
- Beechmast CandlesnuffXylaria carpophila
- Dead Moll's FingersXylaria longipes
- Scaly EarthballScleroderma verrucosum
- Clustered ToughshankGymnopus confluens
- Dusky Puffball
Yarrow · Meadow Crane's-bill · Creeping Forget-me-not · Yellow-rattle · Broom +34
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
- Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,629 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Coal Tit · Robin +24
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Mountain Hare · Stoat +1
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Mountain HareLepus timidus
- StoatMustela erminea2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosus
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Tawny Funnel · Ballerina · Beechmast Candlesnuff · Dead Moll's Fingers · Scaly Earthball +22
- Tawny FunnelParalepista flaccida
- BallerinaPorpolomopsis calyptriformis
- Beechmast CandlesnuffXylaria carpophila
- Dead Moll's FingersXylaria longipes
- Scaly EarthballScleroderma verrucosum
- Clustered ToughshankGymnopus confluens
- Dusky Puffball
Yarrow · Meadow Crane's-bill · Creeping Forget-me-not · Yellow-rattle · Broom +34
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
- Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lycoperdon nigrescens
Lycoperdon nigrescens
DeceiverLaccaria laccataDeceiverLaccaria laccataTawny GrisetteAmanita fulvaTawny GrisetteAmanita fulvaSimocybe haustellarisSimocybe haustellarisSimocybe haustellarisSimocybe haustellarisCommon InkcapCoprinopsis atramentariaCommon InkcapCoprinopsis atramentariaToothed CupTarzetta cupularisToothed CupTarzetta cupularisRedleg ToughshankGymnopus erythropusRedleg ToughshankGymnopus erythropusRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaWood WoollyfootGymnopus peronatusWood WoollyfootGymnopus peronatusWhite BrainExidia thuretianaWhite BrainExidia thuretianaHorsehair ParachuteGymnopus androsaceusHorsehair ParachuteGymnopus androsaceusSycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinumSycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinumRed Cracking BoleteXerocomellus chrysenteronRed Cracking BoleteXerocomellus chrysenteronCingroenPhallus impudicusCingroenPhallus impudicusDeer ShieldPluteus cervinusDeer ShieldPluteus cervinusGrisetteAmanita vaginataGrisetteAmanita vaginataBlackening BrittlegillRussula nigricansBlackening BrittlegillRussula nigricansVelvet RollrimTapinella atrotomentosaVelvet RollrimTapinella atrotomentosaConifer MazegillGloeophyllum sepiariumConifer MazegillGloeophyllum sepiariumSheathed WoodtuftKuehneromyces mutabilisSheathed WoodtuftKuehneromyces mutabilisYellow BrainTremella mesentericaYellow BrainTremella mesentericaMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisMonkeyflowerErythranthe guttataMonkeyflowerErythranthe guttataField ScabiousKnautia arvensisField ScabiousKnautia arvensisCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaMelancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllumMelancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllumWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticumWood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticumSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBog StitchwortStellaria alsineBog StitchwortStellaria alsineYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysSharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorusSharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusImperforate St John's-wortHypericum maculatumImperforate St John's-wortHypericum maculatumWater Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioidesWater Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioidesMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisCommon Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre subsp. palustreCommon Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre subsp. palustreBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans