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55.53784, -2.46631

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Teviot Smokery 75m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Teviot Smokery 75m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Yellowhammer +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Yellowhammer +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: 4 Abbeys Cycleway

Varies

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

10,470 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,470 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

autumnwinter

2025

Blackbird · Blue Tit · Yellowhammer · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon +56

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

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Mammals4 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Stoat · Badger

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
StoatMustela erminea
BadgerMeles meles

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,470 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

autumnwinter

2025

Blackbird · Blue Tit · Yellowhammer · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon +56

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

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Stoat · Badger

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
StoatMustela erminea
BadgerMeles meles

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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