Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.70040, -3.32532
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Skylark
- ✦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
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Skylark
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Wren +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Wren +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Sorrel, Perennial Rye-grass, Creeping Forget-me-not +293 more · last seen 2017
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle · last seen 2021
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cross Borders Drove Road (West Linton to Traquair)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Eldons / EddlestonCycling route36 km▾
Named routeRef redLength 36 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital TrailMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km▾
Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
Inside the fort, Whiteside Hill
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Wildlife to spot
2,052 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,052 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Meadow Pipit · Jackdaw +38
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pine Marten · Leisler's Bat · Brown Hare
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Scots Pine · Sweet Vernal-grass · Annual Meadow-grass · Pineappleweed · Cock's-foot +70
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,052 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Meadow Pipit · Jackdaw +38
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pine Marten · Leisler's Bat · Brown Hare
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Scots Pine · Sweet Vernal-grass · Annual Meadow-grass · Pineappleweed · Cock's-foot +70
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas