Hoppringle Castle (private) (Medieval, remains of)
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.75005, -2.90475
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Jackdaw
- 🌿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
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Jackdaw
- 🌿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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +65 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 — Common Knapweed, Sycamore, Yarrow +243 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Common Knapweed, Sycamore, Yarrow +243 more · last seen 2022
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Common Sorrel, Dandelion +38 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Innerleithen Yellow RouteCycling route59 km▾
Named routeRef yellowLength 59 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Border LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,699 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,699 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChiffchaff · Oystercatcher · Jackdaw · Greylag Goose · Mistle Thrush +33
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Male-fern · Beech · Wood Avens · Creeping Thistle · Wild Angelica +105
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,699 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChiffchaff · Oystercatcher · Jackdaw · Greylag Goose · Mistle Thrush +33
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Male-fern · Beech · Wood Avens · Creeping Thistle · Wild Angelica +105
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
