Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.66420, -3.29328
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Grey Heron
- ✦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
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Grey Heron
- ✦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 — Oystercatcher, Grey Heron, Lapwing +66 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Oystercatcher, Grey Heron, Lapwing +66 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell, Green-veined White +99 more · last seen 2021
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Marsh Foxtail, Creeping Buttercup +235 more · last seen 2017
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John Buchan WayWalking route22 km▾
Named routeLength 22 kmLocal walking route
Cross Borders Drove Road (West Linton to Traquair)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cademuir CircuitCycling route12 km▾
Named routeRef yellowLength 12 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
The Eldons / EddlestonCycling route36 km▾
Named routeRef redLength 36 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
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
Manor ValleyCycling route33 km▾
Named routeRef blueLength 33 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km▾
Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,811 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,811 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Mallard · Oystercatcher · Goosander · Cormorant +32
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- GoosanderMergus merganser2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
Red Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
Japanese Rose · Quaking-grass · Bilberry · Heath-grass · Flea Sedge +81
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Quaking-grassBriza media2021
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2021
- Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2021
- Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2021
- Mat-grassNardus stricta2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,811 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Mallard · Oystercatcher · Goosander · Cormorant +32
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- GoosanderMergus merganser2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
Red Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
Japanese Rose · Quaking-grass · Bilberry · Heath-grass · Flea Sedge +81
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Quaking-grassBriza media2021
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2021
- Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2021
- Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2021
- Mat-grassNardus stricta2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
