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Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.69672, -3.56837
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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
- 🐕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
- ✦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
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Mercat Cross at Newbigging (1693)
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Wildlife to spot
621 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
621 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPink-footed Goose · Skylark · Carrion Crow · Woodcock · Collared Dove +23
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common GullLarus canus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Horntail
Snowdrop · Ground-elder · Thyme-leaved Speedwell · Annual Meadow-grass · Creeping Thistle +104
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022
- Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2022
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
- Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
621 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPink-footed Goose · Skylark · Carrion Crow · Woodcock · Collared Dove +23
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common GullLarus canus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Horntail
Snowdrop · Ground-elder · Thyme-leaved Speedwell · Annual Meadow-grass · Creeping Thistle +104
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022
- Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2022
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
- Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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