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Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.45630, -2.64146
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Robin
- ✦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 — Chiffchaff, Robin, Woodpigeon +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Chiffchaff, Robin, Woodpigeon +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hebrew Character, Common Quaker, Clouded Drab +63 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Snowdrop, Crowberry agg., Goldilocks Buttercup +147 more · last seen 2017
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Borders Abbeys WayWalking route109 km▾
Named routeLength 109 kmRound tripNational walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
DenholmCycling route23 km▾
Named routeRef blueLength 23 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Cavers and StobsCycling route30 km▾
Named routeRef redLength 30 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Denholm and LillisleafCycling route31 km▾
Named routeRef redLength 31 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Photos
Motte near the Rule Water
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,126 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,126 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Chaffinch · Willow Warbler · Blackbird · Chiffchaff +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Rabbit · Mole · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Brooklime · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Hazel · Common Sorrel · Creeping Buttercup +74
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- PignutConopodium majus
- Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,126 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Chaffinch · Willow Warbler · Blackbird · Chiffchaff +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Rabbit · Mole · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Brooklime · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Hazel · Common Sorrel · Creeping Buttercup +74
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- PignutConopodium majus
- Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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