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55.57487, -2.52981

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Yellowhammer and Skylark
🌿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

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Yellowhammer and Skylark
🌿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

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🐕Dogs welcome

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Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Yellowhammer, Skylark, Chiffchaff +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Yellowhammer, Skylark, Chiffchaff +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Snowdrop +103 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Snowdrop +103 more · last seen 2022

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Few-flowered Garlic, Ramsons, Ground-elder +12 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Saint Cuthbert's Way (Melrose to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Borders Abbeys WayWalking route109 km

Named routeLength 109 kmRound tripNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

10 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

Kelso Red RouteCycling route53 km

Named routeRef redLength 53 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,259 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,259 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Yellowhammer · Skylark · Jay · Swallow · Chiffchaff +36

YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
DipperCinclus cinclus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
MagpiePica pica2022
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Roe Deer · Hedgehog

Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles meles2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022

🌿

Plants6 species

summer

2024

Water-plantain · Wild Marjoram · Brown Sedge · Ground-elder · Russian Comfrey +1

Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
Brown SedgeCarex disticha
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,259 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Yellowhammer · Skylark · Jay · Swallow · Chiffchaff +36

YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
DipperCinclus cinclus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
MagpiePica pica2022
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Roe Deer · Hedgehog

Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles meles2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022

🌿

Plants6 species

summer

2024

Water-plantain · Wild Marjoram · Brown Sedge · Ground-elder · Russian Comfrey +1

Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
Brown SedgeCarex disticha
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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