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Hawick Motte

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📷 Walter Baxter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.41801, -2.79227

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 112m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 112m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePlayground

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chiffchaff, Dipper, Rock Dove +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chiffchaff, Dipper, Rock Dove +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed, American Skunk-cabbage +72 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed, American Skunk-cabbage +72 more · last seen 2022

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Northern Brown Argus +23 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Northern Brown Argus +23 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Rowan, Malus sylvestris, Bramble +7 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Borders Abbeys WayWalking route109 km

Named routeLength 109 kmRound tripNational walking route

Romans and Reivers RouteWalking route84 km

Named routeLength 84 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Cross Borders Drove Road (Traquair to Hawick)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

5 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

Vertish Hill LoopCycling route12 km

Named routeRef greenLength 12 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

RobertsonCycling route22 km

Named routeRef yellowLength 22 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Border LoopCycling route

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km

Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

11,298 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,298 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Rock Dove · Dipper · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow +48

Rock DoveColumba livia
DipperCinclus cinclus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SwiftApus apus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoosanderMergus merganser
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SwallowHirundo rustica
DunnockPrunella modularis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
NuthatchSitta europaea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RookCorvus frugilegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus
Riparia riparia ripariaRiparia riparia riparia
Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WigeonMareca penelope
CootFulica atra
Barn OwlTyto alba
Common GullLarus canus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles meles2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🐝

Insects5 species

autumn

2025

Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Larch Ladybird · Broad Centurion

SyrphusSyrphus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024

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Plants1 species

summer

2024

Purple Willow

Purple WillowSalix purpurea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,298 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Rock Dove · Dipper · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow +48

Rock DoveColumba livia
DipperCinclus cinclus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SwiftApus apus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoosanderMergus merganser
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SwallowHirundo rustica
DunnockPrunella modularis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
NuthatchSitta europaea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RookCorvus frugilegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus
Riparia riparia ripariaRiparia riparia riparia
Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WigeonMareca penelope
CootFulica atra
Barn OwlTyto alba
Common GullLarus canus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles meles2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🐝

Insects5 species

autumn

2025

Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Larch Ladybird · Broad Centurion

SyrphusSyrphus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2024

Purple Willow

Purple WillowSalix purpurea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Walter Baxter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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