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Smailholm Tower

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📷 Russel Wills · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.60427, -2.57626

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Teal 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

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Teal 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

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🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

3 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Teal, Mallard, Jackdaw +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Teal, Mallard, Jackdaw +81 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

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 Yellow RouteCycling route39 km

Named routeRef yellowLength 39 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Border LoopCycling route

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

Tweed CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef TRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

9,337 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,337 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Pink-footed Goose · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Jackdaw · Rook +47

Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Rock DoveColumba livia
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TealAnas crecca
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SnipeGallinago gallinago
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WigeonMareca penelope
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common GullLarus canus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Great TitParus major
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Cattle EgretArdea ibis
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
RedshankTringa totanus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RuffCalidris pugnax
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus

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Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,337 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Pink-footed Goose · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Jackdaw · Rook +47

Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Rock DoveColumba livia
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TealAnas crecca
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SnipeGallinago gallinago
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WigeonMareca penelope
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common GullLarus canus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Great TitParus major
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Cattle EgretArdea ibis
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
RedshankTringa totanus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RuffCalidris pugnax
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Russel Wills · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌱Turnbankbrae PlantationUrban park4.5 km→⛪Smailholm ChurchReligious grounds2.1 km→🪦Private Burial GroundCemetery4.4 km→⛪Makerstoun ChurchReligious grounds3.4 km→✦Hundy MundyHistoric site3.7 km→✦Standing StoneHistoric site4.2 km→

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