Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
55.38376, -2.84129
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Chaffinch
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Magpie, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Fen Pondweed, Redshank, Water Horsetail +111 more · last seen 2016
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Melanostoma scalare, Snail Hunter +8 more · last seen 2024
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Borders Abbeys WayWalking route109 km▾
Named routeLength 109 kmRound tripNational walking route
Romans and Reivers RouteWalking route84 km▾
Named routeLength 84 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
Cross Borders Drove Road (Traquair to Hawick)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
DenholmCycling route23 km▾
Named routeRef blueLength 23 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Cavers and StobsCycling route30 km▾
Named routeRef redLength 30 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Vertish Hill LoopCycling route12 km▾
Named routeRef greenLength 12 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
RobertsonCycling route22 km▾
Named routeRef yellowLength 22 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Border LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km▾
Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
Flooded hollow, Whitchesters
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Wildlife to spot
3,553 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,553 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Magpie · Rook · Chiffchaff · Chaffinch · Starling +14
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Snail Hunter · Common Green Grasshopper · Melanostoma scalare
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Shepherd's-purse · Creeping Buttercup · Knotgrass · Lolium perenne · Pineappleweed +133
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- KnotgrassPolygonum
- Lolium perenneLolium perenne
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,553 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Magpie · Rook · Chiffchaff · Chaffinch · Starling +14
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Snail Hunter · Common Green Grasshopper · Melanostoma scalare
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Shepherd's-purse · Creeping Buttercup · Knotgrass · Lolium perenne · Pineappleweed +133
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- KnotgrassPolygonum
- Lolium perenneLolium perenne
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas