Whinny Hill cairn cemetery
25 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
55.54502, -1.84950
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow +69 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow +69 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Pellia, Water Earwort, Meadowsweet +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Gorse Shieldbug, Mesembrina meridiana, Loricera pilicornis +5 more · last seen 2020
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Cladonia floerkeana · last seen 2015
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Saint Cuthbert's Way (Kirk Yetholm to Lindisfarne)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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Atolmis rubricollis2017
Atolmis rubricollis2017
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017Common HeathEmaturga atomaria2017Common HeathEmaturga atomaria20172020
2020
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2020Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2020Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2020Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2020SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2018SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2018daffodilsNarcissus2018daffodilsNarcissus2018Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2016Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2016Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii2016Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii2016Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla2016Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla2016Lodgepole PinePinus contorta2016Lodgepole PinePinus contorta2016Scots PinePinus sylvestris2016Scots PinePinus sylvestris2016Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2014Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2014Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2012Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2012Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2012Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2012Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2012Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2012Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2012Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2012Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2012Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2012HawthornCrataegus monogyna2012HawthornCrataegus monogyna2012Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2012Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2012HeatherCalluna vulgaris2012HeatherCalluna vulgaris2012CrosswortCruciata laevipes2012CrosswortCruciata laevipes2012Arctium minus subsp. minusArctium minus subsp. minus2012Arctium minus subsp. minusArctium minus subsp. minus2012Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2012Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2012Red CloverTrifolium pratense2012Red CloverTrifolium pratense2012