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St Helen's Chapel

📷 Gordon Brown · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
✦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

🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
✦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

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Herring Gull +92 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Herring Gull +92 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Brown Chafer +88 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Brown Chafer +88 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sea Rocket, Coltsfoot, Red Campion +54 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Sea Rocket, Coltsfoot, Red Campion +54 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Frosted Orache, Blackthorn, Common Chickweed +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Southern Upland Way (Section C - Lauder to Cockburnspath)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

Berwickshire Coastal PathWalking route48 km

Named routeLength 48 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

John Muir LinkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Eyemouth Yellow RouteCycling route42 km

Named routeRef yellowLength 42 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Border LoopCycling route

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

9,087 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,087 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Wren · Robin · Carrion Crow · Yellowhammer +57

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
CurlewNumenius arquata
House SparrowPasser domesticus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
EiderSomateria mollissima
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ShagGulosus aristotelis
GannetMorus bassanus
JackdawColoeus monedula
RazorbillAlca torda
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great TitParus major
Common GuillemotUria aalge
RookCorvus frugilegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Coal TitPeriparus ater
DunnockPrunella modularis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
DipperCinclus cinclus
Common GullLarus canus
MagpiePica pica
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
RedshankTringa totanus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
PuffinFratercula arctica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JayGarrulus glandarius
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WigeonMareca penelope
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
TurnstoneArenaria interpres

🦌

Mammals7 species

autumn

2025

Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Grey Seal +2

Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Minke WhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena

🐝

Insects13 species

autumn

2025

Leistus spinibarbis · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · 7-spot Ladybird · Mesembrina meridiana · Helina evecta +8

Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Sylvicola punctatusSylvicola punctatus
Coelopa frigida

🌿

Plants4 species

autumn

2025

Great Horsetail · Hart's-Tongue · Blackthorn · Common Chickweed

Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Common ChickweedStellaria media

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,087 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Wren · Robin · Carrion Crow · Yellowhammer +57

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
CurlewNumenius arquata
House SparrowPasser domesticus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
EiderSomateria mollissima
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ShagGulosus aristotelis
GannetMorus bassanus
JackdawColoeus monedula
RazorbillAlca torda
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great TitParus major
Common GuillemotUria aalge
RookCorvus frugilegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Coal TitPeriparus ater
DunnockPrunella modularis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
DipperCinclus cinclus
Common GullLarus canus
MagpiePica pica
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
RedshankTringa totanus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
PuffinFratercula arctica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JayGarrulus glandarius
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WigeonMareca penelope
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
TurnstoneArenaria interpres

🦌

Mammals7 species

autumn

2025

Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Grey Seal +2

Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Minke WhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena

🐝

Insects13 species

autumn

2025

Leistus spinibarbis · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · 7-spot Ladybird · Mesembrina meridiana · Helina evecta +8

Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Sylvicola punctatusSylvicola punctatus
Coelopa frigida

🌿

Plants4 species

autumn

2025

Great Horsetail · Hart's-Tongue · Blackthorn · Common Chickweed

Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Common ChickweedStellaria media

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Gordon Brown · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The ruins of St Helen's Church

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⛪St Helens ChurchReligious grounds3 km→🌱Walled GardenUrban park4.4 km→✦Mercat CrossHistoric site3 km→🪦Bankhead CemetaryCemetery2.8 km→✦Ewieside Hill Ring Ditch and SettlementHistoric site3.2 km→✦Cocknurnspath Tower (ruin)Historic site2.1 km→

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