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Whytbank Tower

📷 Jim Barton · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Greylag Goose
✦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

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Greylag Goose
✦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 — Mallard, Greylag Goose, Lapwing +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Greylag Goose, Lapwing +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Southern Upland Way (Section A - Portpatrick to Melrose)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

Glenkinnon Biodiversity TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 1 Berwick-upon-Tweed to InnerleithenCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Innerleithen Yellow RouteCycling route59 km

Named routeRef yellowLength 59 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Melrose Red RouteCycling route25 km

Midlem & Lindean

Named routeRef redLength 25 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Innerleithen Blue RouteCycling route67 km

Named routeRef blueLength 67 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Selkirk Orange RouteCycling route14 km

Named routeRef orangeLength 14 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Border LoopCycling route

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

10,794 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,794 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

spring

2025

Mallard · Greylag Goose · Tufted Duck · Lapwing · Mute Swan +46

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
LinnetLinaria cannabina
TealAnas crecca
Common GullLarus canus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
SwallowHirundo rustica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CurlewNumenius arquata
RavenCorvus corax
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedshankTringa totanus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SwiftApus apus
RookCorvus frugilegus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WigeonMareca penelope
Herring GullLarus argentatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MagpiePica pica
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
CootFulica atra

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Mammals3 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Stoat

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
StoatMustela erminea2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,794 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

spring

2025

Mallard · Greylag Goose · Tufted Duck · Lapwing · Mute Swan +46

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
LinnetLinaria cannabina
TealAnas crecca
Common GullLarus canus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
SwallowHirundo rustica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CurlewNumenius arquata
RavenCorvus corax
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedshankTringa totanus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SwiftApus apus
RookCorvus frugilegus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WigeonMareca penelope
Herring GullLarus argentatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MagpiePica pica
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
CootFulica atra

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Stoat

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
StoatMustela erminea2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Jim Barton · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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