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Hareheugh Craigs Hillfort

📷 Walter Baxter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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 Yellowhammer and Pheasant
🌿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

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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Yellowhammer, Pheasant, Chaffinch +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Yellowhammer, Pheasant, Chaffinch +66 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 — Slender Sedge, Marsh Valerian, Bog Pondweed +246 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Slender Sedge, Marsh Valerian, Bog Pondweed +246 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Mouse-ear-hawkweed, Sheep's Sorrel, Common Nettle +25 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Agabus bipustulatus, Green-veined White, Northern Brown Argus +46 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Agabus bipustulatus, Green-veined White, Northern Brown Argus +46 more · last seen 2019

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Borders Abbeys WayWalking route109 km

Named routeLength 109 kmRound tripNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

6 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

Border LoopCycling route

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

Tweed CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef TRegional cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route

Tynemouth - Edinburgh

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route5.5 km

Named routeRef 1Length 5.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

1,310 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,310 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

summerautumn

2025

Buzzard · Yellowhammer · Goldfinch · Linnet · Skylark +41

BuzzardButeo buteo
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
SwallowHirundo rustica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
SwiftApus apus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
MagpiePica pica2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
RavenCorvus corax2022
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022

🌿

Plants93 species

summer

2025

Maiden Pink · Annual Knawel · Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Beech · Crested Hair-grass +88

Maiden PinkDianthus deltoides
Annual KnawelScleranthus annuus2022
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Crested Hair-grassKoeleria macrantha2022
White CampionSilene latifolia2024
Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2022
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2022
White Dead-nettleLamium album2022
IvyHedera helix2022
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2022
PignutConopodium majus2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2022
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022
Biting StonecropSedum acre2022
Curled DockRumex crispus2022
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris2022
Erophila vernaErophila verna2022
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2022
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2022
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2022
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2022
Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea2022
Wild ThymeThymus drucei2022
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
Early Hair-grassAira praecox2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2022
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2022
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022
Small-fruited Prickly-sedgeCarex muricata subsp. pairae2022
Knotted CloverTrifolium striatum2022
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022
Common MilkwortPolygala vulgaris2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022
Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2022
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2022
Common VetchVicia sativa2022
DaisyBellis perennis2022
Water AvensGeum rivale2022
Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2022
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2022
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2022
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2022
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022
Hybrid AvensGeum rivale x urbanum = G. x intermedium2022
Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata2022
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2022
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2022
Prickly SedgeCarex muricata2022
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2022
Common NettleUrtica dioica2022
Scottish LaburnumLaburnum alpinum2022
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2022
Hedera helixHedera helix2022
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2022
Spring VetchVicia lathyroides2022
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2022
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2022
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2022
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2022
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,310 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

summerautumn

2025

Buzzard · Yellowhammer · Goldfinch · Linnet · Skylark +41

BuzzardButeo buteo
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
SwallowHirundo rustica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
SwiftApus apus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
MagpiePica pica2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
RavenCorvus corax2022
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022

🌿

Plants93 species

summer

2025

Maiden Pink · Annual Knawel · Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Beech · Crested Hair-grass +88

Maiden PinkDianthus deltoides
Annual KnawelScleranthus annuus2022
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Crested Hair-grassKoeleria macrantha2022
White CampionSilene latifolia2024
Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2022
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2022
White Dead-nettleLamium album2022
IvyHedera helix2022
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2022
PignutConopodium majus2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2022
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022
Biting StonecropSedum acre2022
Curled DockRumex crispus2022
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris2022
Erophila vernaErophila verna2022
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2022
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2022
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2022
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2022
Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea2022
Wild ThymeThymus drucei2022
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
Early Hair-grassAira praecox2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2022
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2022
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022
Small-fruited Prickly-sedgeCarex muricata subsp. pairae2022
Knotted CloverTrifolium striatum2022
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022
Common MilkwortPolygala vulgaris2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022
Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2022
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2022
Common VetchVicia sativa2022
DaisyBellis perennis2022
Water AvensGeum rivale2022
Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2022
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2022
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2022
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2022
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022
Hybrid AvensGeum rivale x urbanum = G. x intermedium2022
Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata2022
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2022
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2022
Prickly SedgeCarex muricata2022
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2022
Common NettleUrtica dioica2022
Scottish LaburnumLaburnum alpinum2022
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2022
Hedera helixHedera helix2022
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2022
Spring VetchVicia lathyroides2022
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2022
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2022
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2022
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2022
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Walter Baxter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) at Hareheugh Craigs

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