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Kelso ROC Post

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📷 James T M Towill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.62930, -2.40843

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
✦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

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Rook +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Rook +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Southern Hawker · last seen 2025; Insects — Southern Hawker · 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

13 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

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

6,053 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,053 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

autumnwinter

2025

Little Grebe · Mallard · Rook · Common Gull · Grey Partridge +50

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RookCorvus frugilegus
Common GullLarus canus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoosanderMergus merganser
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RobinErithacus rubecula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Great TitParus major
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
DipperCinclus cinclus
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedshankTringa totanus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
LinnetLinaria cannabina
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula

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Mammals2 species

winterautumn

2026

Brown Hare · Otter

Brown HareLepus europaeus
OtterLutra lutra2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,053 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

autumnwinter

2025

Little Grebe · Mallard · Rook · Common Gull · Grey Partridge +50

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RookCorvus frugilegus
Common GullLarus canus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoosanderMergus merganser
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RobinErithacus rubecula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Great TitParus major
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
DipperCinclus cinclus
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedshankTringa totanus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
LinnetLinaria cannabina
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterautumn

2026

Brown Hare · Otter

Brown HareLepus europaeus
OtterLutra lutra2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 James T M Towill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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