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Megget Reservoir

1,091 ha

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome1,091 ha

Getting here

55.48617, -3.28060

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
  • 🌿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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
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Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Common Gull, Chaffinch, Oystercatcher +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Common Gull, Chaffinch, Oystercatcher +67 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Grass, Jacobaea, Flea Sedge +141 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Grass, Jacobaea, Flea Sedge +141 more · last seen 2017

Free

Foraging

Plants — Wood-sorrel, Pedunculate Oak, Rowan +12 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Melanostoma mellinum, Bilberry Bumblebee, Syrphus ribesii +39 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Melanostoma mellinum, Bilberry Bumblebee, Syrphus ribesii +39 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Southern Upland Way (Section A - Portpatrick to Melrose)Walking route
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
Grey Mare's Tail and Loch Skeen TrailWalking route
Named routeRef RW 3Local walking route
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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Border LoopCycling route
Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route
Innerleithen Purple RouteCycling route86 km
Named routeRef purpleLength 86 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Megget Reservoir

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Megget Reservoir

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Nearby places

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✦Cramalt CastleHistoric site800 m→💧Megget ReservoirReservoir0 m→

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