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Whitlaw Mosses

Take time to get to know this Reserve and you’ll be rewarded with the small-scale subtlety of a corrugated landscape, filled with a huge diversity of plants and animals. Look for the red flash of a six-spot burnet moth and keep your ears open for the determined squeal of a stealthy water rail. Or get down to ground level and admire the intricate network of mosses and sedges spread out before you, dotted with flowering plants and an occasional willow.

• Best time to visit

  Mid May to late August.
  

• Getting there

  Two miles east of Selkirk or five miles west of St Boswells. The four sites lie immediately north of the A699.
  

• Visitor facilities

  "Car park by Lindean Reservoir approximately 500 metres north of Murder Moss, the largest and most accessible site. SNH can provide further information about access. Take care on the Mosses and remain on firm ground wherever possible.
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• Contact

  SNH, Anderson’s Chambers, Market Street, Galashiels TD1 3AF. Tel: 01896 756652.
  

• Managed by

  Scottish Natural Heritage