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Wairds Cemetery

📷 Walter Baxter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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55.59541, -2.70376

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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
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via NCN 1 Berwick-upon-Tweed to Innerleithen
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via NCN 1 Berwick-upon-Tweed to Innerleithen
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN 1 Berwick-upon-Tweed to Innerleithen

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Borders Abbeys Way

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Oedemera virescens, Orchid Beetle, 2-spot Ladybird +13 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Oedemera virescens, Orchid Beetle, 2-spot Ladybird +13 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Jubilee PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Leader Water PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Eildon Hills TrailWalking route

Named routeRef RW 2Local 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

🚴

Cycling

33 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 Blue RouteCycling route8 km

Abbotsford Circuit

Named routeRef blueLength 8 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Melrose Yellow RouteCycling route22 km

Scott's View and Dryburgh

Named routeRef yellowLength 22 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Melrose Green RouteCycling route

Eildons

Named routeRef greenLocal cycle route

Melrose Red RouteCycling route25 km

Midlem & Lindean

Named routeRef redLength 25 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

31,379 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

31,379 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2025

Redwing · Fieldfare · Brambling · Great Tit · Blue Tit +44

RedwingTurdus iliacus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RookCorvus frugilegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoosanderMergus merganser
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
DipperCinclus cinclus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Tawny OwlStrix aluco

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Pine Marten · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Pine MartenMartes martes2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

2-spot Ladybird

2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

31,379 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2025

Redwing · Fieldfare · Brambling · Great Tit · Blue Tit +44

RedwingTurdus iliacus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RookCorvus frugilegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoosanderMergus merganser
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
DipperCinclus cinclus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Tawny OwlStrix aluco

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Pine Marten · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Pine MartenMartes martes2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

2-spot Ladybird

2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

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

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