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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.66553, -3.32358
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Lapwing
- ✦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
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Lapwing
- ✦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, Lapwing, Grey Heron +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Grey Heron +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Creeping Bent, Creeping Buttercup +295 more · last seen 2022
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
Photos
Hog Hill prehistoric settlement from the air
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,722 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,722 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Grey Heron · Mallard · Oystercatcher · Goosander · Lapwing +20
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- GoosanderMergus merganser2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunlinCalidris alpina2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Japanese Knotweed · Wavy Hair-Grass · Japanese Rose · Yorkshire-fog · Common Nettle +96
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2021
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2021
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2021
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,722 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Grey Heron · Mallard · Oystercatcher · Goosander · Lapwing +20
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- GoosanderMergus merganser2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunlinCalidris alpina2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Japanese Knotweed · Wavy Hair-Grass · Japanese Rose · Yorkshire-fog · Common Nettle +96
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2021
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2021
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2021
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2021Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2021Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum2021Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum2021Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2021Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2021Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2021Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2021BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2021BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2021Quaking-grassBriza media2021Quaking-grassBriza media2021Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2021Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2021Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2021Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2021Mat-grassNardus stricta2021Mat-grassNardus stricta2021Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2021Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2021HeatherCalluna vulgaris2021HeatherCalluna vulgaris2021White CloverTrifolium repens2021White CloverTrifolium repens2021Few-flowered Spike-rushEleocharis quinqueflora2021Few-flowered Spike-rushEleocharis quinqueflora2021Long-Stalked Yellow SedgeCarex lepidocarpa2021Long-Stalked Yellow SedgeCarex lepidocarpa2021Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2021Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2021SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2021SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2021Green FigwortScrophularia umbrosaGreen FigwortScrophularia umbrosaCreeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2021Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2021BroomCytisus scoparius2021BroomCytisus scoparius2021Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2021Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2021Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2021Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2021HawkweedHieracium2021HawkweedHieracium2021YarrowAchillea millefolium2021YarrowAchillea millefolium2021Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2021Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2021Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2021Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2021Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2021Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2021TormentilPotentilla erecta2021TormentilPotentilla erecta2021Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2021Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2021Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2021Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2021Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2021Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2021Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2021Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2021HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2021HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2021Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2021Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2021Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2021Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2021Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2021Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2021Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2021Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2021Lesser TwaybladeNeottia cordata2021Lesser TwaybladeNeottia cordata2021Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2021Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2021Common SedgeCarex nigra2021Common SedgeCarex nigra2021Stag's-horn ClubmossLycopodium clavatum2021Stag's-horn ClubmossLycopodium clavatum2021Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2021Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2021Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2021Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2021Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2021Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2021DandelionTaraxacum2021DandelionTaraxacum2021Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2021Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2021Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2021Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2021Stone BrambleRubus saxatilis2021Stone BrambleRubus saxatilis2021Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2021Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2021Northern DockRumex longifolius2021Northern DockRumex longifolius2021BlinksMontia fontana2021BlinksMontia fontana2021Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2021Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2021Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2021Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2021HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2021HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2021Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris2021Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris2021Bell HeatherErica cinerea2021Bell HeatherErica cinerea2021Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2021Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2021Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2021Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2021Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2021Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2021Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2021Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2021Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2021Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2021KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2021KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2021Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2021Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2021Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2021Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2021Star SedgeCarex echinata2021Star SedgeCarex echinata2021Goat WillowSalix caprea2021Goat WillowSalix caprea2021Dark-leaved WillowSalix myrsinifolia2021Dark-leaved WillowSalix myrsinifolia2021Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2021Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2021Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2021Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2021Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2021Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2021Shady HorsetailEquisetum pratense2021Shady HorsetailEquisetum pratense2021Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2021Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2021Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2021Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2021EyebrightEuphrasia2021EyebrightEuphrasia2021Lesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoides2021Lesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoides2021Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2021Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2021Brown BentAgrostis vinealis2021Brown BentAgrostis vinealis2021New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens2021New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens2021Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2021Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2021False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2021False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2021LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2021LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2021Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2021Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2021Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2021Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2021Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2021Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2021Soft-rushJuncus effusus2021Soft-rushJuncus effusus2021Rosa caninaRosa canina2021Rosa caninaRosa canina2021Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2021Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2021Common SorrelRumex acetosa2021Common SorrelRumex acetosa2021Wild ThymeThymus drucei2021Wild ThymeThymus drucei2021Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2021Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2021Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2021Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2021Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2021Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2021Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2021Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2021CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2021CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2021Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2021Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2021Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2021Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2021