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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦82+ 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
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦82+ 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
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Picnic spotPlayground

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +79 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +79 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

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Wool Carder Bee, Banded Clubhorn · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Wool Carder Bee, Banded Clubhorn · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Saint Cuthbert's Way - deviationWalking route

bypasses Haretsanes attraction

Named routeLocal walking route

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

19,017 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

19,017 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2025

Carrion Crow · Pheasant · Chaffinch · Jackdaw · Cormorant +48

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JackdawColoeus monedula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoosanderMergus merganser
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RookCorvus frugilegus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
NuthatchSitta europaea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SnipeGallinago gallinago
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MagpiePica pica
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Common GullLarus canus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
KestrelFalco tinnunculus

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

19,017 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2025

Carrion Crow · Pheasant · Chaffinch · Jackdaw · Cormorant +48

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JackdawColoeus monedula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoosanderMergus merganser
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RookCorvus frugilegus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
NuthatchSitta europaea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SnipeGallinago gallinago
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MagpiePica pica
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Common GullLarus canus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
KestrelFalco tinnunculus

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 James Denham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The village of Nisbet in Roxburghshire

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🌱Water GardenUrban park3.4 km→✦Nisbet ChurchHistoric site300 m→⛪Crailing Parish ChurchReligious grounds1 km→✦Site of Eckford TowerHistoric site3.3 km→✦Sunlaws MillHistoric site4.5 km→✦Ancrum Market CrossHistoric site4.9 km→

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