Whitmuir Wildlife

Whitmuir Wildlife Information on the flora and fauna of Whitmuir Farm near Selkirk, Scotland. Situated in the Ale Water Valley at the heart of the Scottish Borders.

The last month we have had a leveret in one of our farm sheds. Mum comes and feeds regularly. Probably as safe a place a...
12/05/2026

The last month we have had a leveret in one of our farm sheds. Mum comes and feeds regularly. Probably as safe a place as any. Managed to get a few pictures first thing this morning.

The Family of Canada Geese - Branta canadensis on one our farm ponds has grown with the addition of four goslings. Here ...
07/05/2026

The Family of Canada Geese - Branta canadensis on one our farm ponds has grown with the addition of four goslings. Here are some trail camera images. There are Mallards and a Moorhen nesting too. Going to be a busy place soon.

We have several pairs of Geese nesting at the farm. One pair of Canada Geese - Branta canadensis and at least one pair o...
30/04/2026

We have several pairs of Geese nesting at the farm. One pair of Canada Geese - Branta canadensis and at least one pair of Greylag Geese - Anser anser. The local Otters sometimes remove the eggs for an omelette or two.

Whitmuir is home to the Scottish Borders Aspen Clone Collection.
02/04/2026

Whitmuir is home to the Scottish Borders Aspen Clone Collection.

Whitmuir was looking its winter best even if it was a bit fresh this morning.
16/01/2026

Whitmuir was looking its winter best even if it was a bit fresh this morning.

The last few weeks we have had a cold spell with temperatures dropping down to -7C on a regular basis at the farm. When ...
10/01/2026

The last few weeks we have had a cold spell with temperatures dropping down to -7C on a regular basis at the farm. When out and about I kept seeing Snipe visiting a wet ditch. I noticed there were a few muddy patches in the ditch which were not frozen solid. I set up trail camera to see if I could get some close-up images. Results below. Can you spot it in the 4th picture?

16/11/2025

This part of the farm has been designated as a Local Biodiversity Site by Scottish Borders Council. Looks like someone has sent in a Biodiversity Inspector under the cover of darkness, into the heart of Pine Marten Central. Just no need for that.

24/10/2025

The life of an arboreal Badger boar is not always straight forward. We will have to have a Health and Safety review of this incident on the farm. A hardhat would not have been much use here.

Had a good day looking at grassland Fungi on the farm today. We have been recording fungi for many years at Whitmuir. Th...
09/10/2025

Had a good day looking at grassland Fungi on the farm today. We have been recording fungi for many years at Whitmuir. The total species count is now just over 700 which is not bad going. Some of the fungi shown here are not normally grassland fungi. But with us the first two shown, Fly Agaric and Panthercap are grassland fungi linked to Rockrose as the woody species. It has been a slow mushroom year till the last few days when all of a sudden things have woken up.

26/09/2025

We moved this Pine Marten feeder higher up the Pine tree to try and stop the eating all the Pine Marten food. Problem is Whitmuir Badgers are Arboreal Badgers.

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Whitmuir Farm
Selkirk
TD74P

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