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Mercat Cross

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55.77527, -2.34193

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Hungry Spot — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Hungry Spot — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParkingPlaygroundToilets

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Wren, Blackbird +80 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Wren, Blackbird +80 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Red Clover, Creeping Thistle, Meadow Crane's-bill +40 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Red Clover, Creeping Thistle, Meadow Crane's-bill +40 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Figwort Weevil, Common Blue Damselfly, Black Sexton Beetle +31 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Figwort Weevil, Common Blue Damselfly, Black Sexton Beetle +31 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Common Chickweed, Common Nettle, Bramble +4 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Duns Green RouteCycling route25 km

Named routeRef greenLength 25 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Duns Red RouteCycling route41 km

Named routeRef redLength 41 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Duns Blue RouteCycling route16 km

Named routeRef blueLength 16 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Duns Yellow RouteCycling route26 km

Named routeRef yellowLength 26 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Border LoopCycling route

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

11,845 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,845 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Wren · Robin · Blackbird · Mallard +51

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Common GullLarus canus
GoosanderMergus merganser
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
TealAnas crecca
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RavenCorvus corax
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
NuthatchSitta europaea
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SiskinSpinus spinus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
SwiftApus apus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
CurlewNumenius arquata
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco

🦌

Mammals4 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Mole

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MoleTalpa europaea

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects9 species

summer

2025

Figwort Weevil · Rhyzobius litura · Stable Fly · Phaonia · 2-spot Ladybird +4

Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans
PhaoniaPhaonia
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Nemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidula
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata

🌿

Plants11 species

summer

2025

Canadian Fleabane · Lesser Trefoil · Red Clover · Common Ragwort · Black Medick +6

Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,845 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Wren · Robin · Blackbird · Mallard +51

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Common GullLarus canus
GoosanderMergus merganser
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
TealAnas crecca
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RavenCorvus corax
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
NuthatchSitta europaea
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SiskinSpinus spinus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
SwiftApus apus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
CurlewNumenius arquata
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco

🦌

Mammals4 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Mole

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MoleTalpa europaea

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects9 species

summer

2025

Figwort Weevil · Rhyzobius litura · Stable Fly · Phaonia · 2-spot Ladybird +4

Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans
PhaoniaPhaonia
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Nemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidula
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata

🌿

Plants11 species

summer

2025

Canadian Fleabane · Lesser Trefoil · Red Clover · Common Ragwort · Black Medick +6

Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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