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Thowliestane Hill

1 ha

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome1 ha

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55.46709, -2.37296

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mute Swan
✦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

🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mute Swan
✦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

Best for

3 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Coot, Mute Swan, Mallard +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Coot, Mute Swan, Mallard +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Coot, Mute Swan, Mallard +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Coot, Mute Swan, Mallard +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Saint Cuthbert's Way (Melrose to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

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Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

4 Abbeys CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 4Round tripRegional cycle route

Yetholm Orange routeCycling route22 km

Named routeRef orangeLength 22 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Kalemouth and NisbetCycling route32 km

Named routeRef blueLength 32 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Border LoopCycling route

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,452 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,452 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

spring

2025

Coot · Mute Swan · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Teal +50

CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
TealAnas crecca
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WigeonMareca penelope
RookCorvus frugilegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
SnipeGallinago gallinago
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great White EgretArdea alba
GoosanderMergus merganser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
JayGarrulus glandarius
GadwallMareca strepera
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great TitParus major
Rock DoveColumba livia
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
NuthatchSitta europaea
CurlewNumenius arquata
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Greylag GooseAnser anser

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,452 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

spring

2025

Coot · Mute Swan · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Teal +50

CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
TealAnas crecca
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WigeonMareca penelope
RookCorvus frugilegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
SnipeGallinago gallinago
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great White EgretArdea alba
GoosanderMergus merganser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
JayGarrulus glandarius
GadwallMareca strepera
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great TitParus major
Rock DoveColumba livia
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
NuthatchSitta europaea
CurlewNumenius arquata
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Greylag GooseAnser anser

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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