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Site of Clifton Village

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Gadwall and Mallard
✦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

🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Gadwall and Mallard
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Gadwall, Mallard, Mute Swan +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Gadwall, Mallard, Mute Swan +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Gadwall, Mallard, Mute Swan +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Gadwall, Mallard, Mute Swan +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Migrant Hawker · last seen 2025; Insects — Migrant Hawker · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Pennine Way (Tan Hill to Kirk Yetholm) - deviationWalking route

to keep main route contiguous for route analysis

Named routeLocal walking route

Saint Cuthbert's Way (Melrose to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Saint Cuthbert's Way (Kirk Yetholm to Lindisfarne)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Yetholm Blue routeCycling route9 km

Named routeRef blueLength 9 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Kelso Red RouteCycling route53 km

Named routeRef redLength 53 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Yetholm Orange routeCycling route22 km

Named routeRef orangeLength 22 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Border LoopCycling route

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

8,578 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,578 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

autumnwinter

2025

Gadwall · Mallard · Mute Swan · Coot · Pheasant +50

GadwallMareca strepera
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CootFulica atra
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
WigeonMareca penelope
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great White EgretArdea alba
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common GullLarus canus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
TealAnas crecca
House MartinDelichon urbicum
MagpiePica pica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Rock DoveColumba livia
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
GoosanderMergus merganser
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
SiskinSpinus spinus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
JayGarrulus glandarius

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Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Migrant Hawker

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,578 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

autumnwinter

2025

Gadwall · Mallard · Mute Swan · Coot · Pheasant +50

GadwallMareca strepera
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CootFulica atra
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
WigeonMareca penelope
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great White EgretArdea alba
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common GullLarus canus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
TealAnas crecca
House MartinDelichon urbicum
MagpiePica pica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Rock DoveColumba livia
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
GoosanderMergus merganser
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
SiskinSpinus spinus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
JayGarrulus glandarius

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Migrant Hawker

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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