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The Horse

📷 Walter Baxter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

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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
☕Coffee End — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ 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
☕Coffee End — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPlayground

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chiffchaff, Rock Dove, Dipper +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chiffchaff, Rock Dove, Dipper +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed, American Skunk-cabbage +60 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed, American Skunk-cabbage +60 more · last seen 2022

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Northern Brown Argus, Red Admiral, Syrphus +21 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Northern Brown Argus, Red Admiral, Syrphus +21 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Alder Tongue, Mallrug, Mallryg · last seen 2018; Fungi — Alder Tongue, Mallrug, Mallryg · last seen 2018

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Borders Abbeys WayWalking route109 km

Named routeLength 109 kmRound tripNational walking route

Romans and Reivers RouteWalking route84 km

Named routeLength 84 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Cross Borders Drove Road (Traquair to Hawick)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

DenholmCycling route23 km

Named routeRef blueLength 23 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Cavers and StobsCycling route30 km

Named routeRef redLength 30 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Vertish Hill LoopCycling route12 km

Named routeRef greenLength 12 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

RobertsonCycling route22 km

Named routeRef yellowLength 22 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Border LoopCycling route

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km

Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

12,051 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,051 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Rock Dove · Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +45

Rock DoveColumba livia
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
DipperCinclus cinclus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SwiftApus apus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica
GoosanderMergus merganser
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SwallowHirundo rustica
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RookCorvus frugilegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus
Riparia riparia ripariaRiparia riparia riparia
Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WigeonMareca penelope
CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Barn OwlTyto alba
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Badger

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
BadgerMeles meles2024

🐝

Insects2 species

summerautumn

2025

Syrphus · Broad Centurion

SyrphusSyrphus
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,051 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Rock Dove · Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +45

Rock DoveColumba livia
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
DipperCinclus cinclus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SwiftApus apus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica
GoosanderMergus merganser
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SwallowHirundo rustica
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RookCorvus frugilegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus
Riparia riparia ripariaRiparia riparia riparia
Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WigeonMareca penelope
CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Barn OwlTyto alba
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Badger

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
BadgerMeles meles2024

🐝

Insects2 species

summerautumn

2025

Syrphus · Broad Centurion

SyrphusSyrphus
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Walter Baxter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Horse Statue in Hawick town centre

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