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Old Manse Wild Garden

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📷 Humphrey Bolton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifePicnicFamily

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

55.39794, -3.78093

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 279m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 279m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePicnic spotPlaygroundToilets

Best for

11 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Ctenicera cuprea, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Sericostoma personatum +56 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Ctenicera cuprea, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Sericostoma personatum +56 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Southern Upland Way (Section A - Portpatrick to Melrose)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

Southern Upland Way - deviationWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

2,943 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,943 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

springsummer

2025

Collared Dove · Meadow Pipit · Chaffinch · Swallow · Pied Wagtail +37

Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SwallowHirundo rustica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
House MartinDelichon urbicum
House SparrowPasser domesticus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RavenCorvus corax
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CuckooCuculus canorus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2024

Common Toad · Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
FrogRana

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummer

2024

Ctenicera cuprea · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Nicrophorus vespilloides · Bibio pomonae

Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Nicrophorus vespilloidesNicrophorus vespilloides
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2024

Moonwort · an Eyebright

MoonwortBotrychium lunaria
an EyebrightEuphrasia arctica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,943 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

springsummer

2025

Collared Dove · Meadow Pipit · Chaffinch · Swallow · Pied Wagtail +37

Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SwallowHirundo rustica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
House MartinDelichon urbicum
House SparrowPasser domesticus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RavenCorvus corax
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CuckooCuculus canorus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2024

Common Toad · Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
FrogRana

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummer

2024

Ctenicera cuprea · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Nicrophorus vespilloides · Bibio pomonae

Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Nicrophorus vespilloidesNicrophorus vespilloides
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2024

Moonwort · an Eyebright

MoonwortBotrychium lunaria
an EyebrightEuphrasia arctica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Humphrey Bolton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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