Site of Rutherford Village
Getting here
55.57348, -2.55014
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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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 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
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
4 Abbeys CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Round tripRegional cycle route
NCN 1 Berwick-upon-Tweed to InnerleithenCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Melrose Yellow RouteCycling route22 km▾
Scott's View and Dryburgh
Named routeRef yellowLength 22 kmRound tripLocal 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
Kalemouth and NisbetCycling route32 km▾
Named routeRef blueLength 32 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,872 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,872 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Yellowhammer · Skylark · Swallow · Jay +24
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Agrimony · Common Ragwort · Weld · Yorkshire-fog · Soft-rush +92
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- WeldReseda luteola
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,872 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Yellowhammer · Skylark · Swallow · Jay +24
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Agrimony · Common Ragwort · Weld · Yorkshire-fog · Soft-rush +92
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- WeldReseda luteola
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
