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Site of Eckford Tower

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

55.52827, -2.46203

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Nuthatch and House Sparrow
✦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

🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Nuthatch and House Sparrow
✦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

Parking

Best for

3 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Nuthatch, House Sparrow, Blue Tit +49 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Nuthatch, House Sparrow, Blue Tit +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Named routeNational walking route

Borders Abbeys WayWalking route109 km

Named routeLength 109 kmRound tripNational walking route

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Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

4 Abbeys CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 4Round tripRegional cycle route

Kelso Green RouteCycling route30 km

Named routeRef greenLength 30 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Kelso Yellow RouteCycling route39 km

Named routeRef yellowLength 39 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Kelso Red RouteCycling route53 km

Named routeRef redLength 53 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Denholm and LillisleafCycling route31 km

Named routeRef redLength 31 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Kalemouth and NisbetCycling route32 km

Named routeRef blueLength 32 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

37,975 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

37,975 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2025

Nuthatch · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Tree Sparrow +47

NuthatchSitta europaea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
RookCorvus frugilegus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Rock DoveColumba livia
SiskinSpinus spinus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
CootFulica atra
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
TealAnas crecca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GoosanderMergus merganser
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GadwallMareca strepera
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WigeonMareca penelope
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common GullLarus canus

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Mammals5 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Stoat · Rabbit · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
StoatMustela erminea
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

37,975 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2025

Nuthatch · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Tree Sparrow +47

NuthatchSitta europaea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
RookCorvus frugilegus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Rock DoveColumba livia
SiskinSpinus spinus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
CootFulica atra
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
TealAnas crecca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GoosanderMergus merganser
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GadwallMareca strepera
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WigeonMareca penelope
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common GullLarus canus

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Mammals5 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Stoat · Rabbit · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
StoatMustela erminea
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

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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