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Kelso Golf Club

📷 Oliver Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
⛳Golf 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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⛳Golf 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

Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

5 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Greylag Goose +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Greylag Goose +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird, Southern Hawker +78 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird, Southern Hawker +78 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Euphrasia officinalis · last seen 2025; Plants — Euphrasia officinalis · last seen 2025

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

10 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

Kelso Green RouteCycling route30 km

Named routeRef greenLength 30 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Kelso Yellow RouteCycling route39 km

Named routeRef yellowLength 39 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Kelso Red RouteCycling route53 km

Named routeRef redLength 53 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Border LoopCycling route

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

13,707 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,707 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

autumn

2025

Mallard · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +52

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Rock DoveColumba livia
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Common GullLarus canus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
NuthatchSitta europaea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoosanderMergus merganser
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
MagpiePica pica
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RookCorvus frugilegus
TealAnas crecca
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
WigeonMareca penelope
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SnipeGallinago gallinago
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Canada GooseBranta canadensis

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Otter

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
OtterLutra lutra

🐸

Amphibians2 species

autumn

2025

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects17 species

autumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Stable Fly · Southern Hawker · Sericomyia silentis +12

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Broadbar Clover SawflyTenthredo notha2025
Rhinoncus pericarpiusRhinoncus pericarpius2025
Hieroglyphic LadybirdCoccinella hieroglyphica2025
Sciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatus2025
Psychoda sigmaPsychoda sigma2025
Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025
Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2025
MuellerianellaMuellerianella2025
Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,707 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

autumn

2025

Mallard · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +52

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Rock DoveColumba livia
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Common GullLarus canus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
NuthatchSitta europaea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoosanderMergus merganser
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
MagpiePica pica
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RookCorvus frugilegus
TealAnas crecca
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
WigeonMareca penelope
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SnipeGallinago gallinago
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Canada GooseBranta canadensis

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Otter

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
OtterLutra lutra

🐸

Amphibians2 species

autumn

2025

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects17 species

autumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Stable Fly · Southern Hawker · Sericomyia silentis +12

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Broadbar Clover SawflyTenthredo notha2025
Rhinoncus pericarpiusRhinoncus pericarpius2025
Hieroglyphic LadybirdCoccinella hieroglyphica2025
Sciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatus2025
Psychoda sigmaPsychoda sigma2025
Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025
Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2025
MuellerianellaMuellerianella2025
Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Oliver Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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