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Wooplaw Community Woodlands

96 ha

📷 Walter Baxter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome96 ha

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55.66866, -2.78979

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕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

ParkingPicnic spot

Best for

10 activities

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Skylark +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Skylark +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Redshank, Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil, Cleavers +273 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Redshank, Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil, Cleavers +273 more · last seen 2021

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Water Mint, Large-flowered Hemp-nettle, Ground-elder +27 more foraging species

Varies

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Southern Upland Way (Section B - Melrose to Lauder)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Innerleithen Yellow RouteCycling route59 km

Named routeRef yellowLength 59 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Border LoopCycling route

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capital TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

3,098 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,098 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

springsummer

2025

Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Curlew +50

Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CurlewNumenius arquata
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
SwallowHirundo rustica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House MartinDelichon urbicum
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RookCorvus frugilegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Rock DoveColumba livia
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Barn OwlTyto alba
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
JayGarrulus glandarius
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
SwiftApus apus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great TitParus major
CuckooCuculus canorus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,098 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

springsummer

2025

Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Curlew +50

Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CurlewNumenius arquata
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
SwallowHirundo rustica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House MartinDelichon urbicum
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RookCorvus frugilegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Rock DoveColumba livia
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Barn OwlTyto alba
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
JayGarrulus glandarius
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
SwiftApus apus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great TitParus major
CuckooCuculus canorus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Walter Baxter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

A grave and sculpture in Wooplaw Community Woodlands

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