Among Britain’s many working dogs, few have a history as intriguing – and as short‑lived – as the Tweed Water Spaniel. This sturdy, tawny‑coated dog lived along the River Tweed and the nearby coastline, where salmon nets, cold surf, and rocky shores shaped it into a powerful and reliable water worker. One of the earliest […]

Extract from an interview with Maurice Kukk who volunteers three days a week at the River Tweed Salmon Fishing Museum in Kelso. As part of the Tweed Stories project, oral historian, Harry Henderson recorded Maurice at the museum. Maurice was born in Coldstream in the early 1950s and brought up on a farm just over […]

The sun had set. It was a perfect, calm, June evening, a few days before the solstice. In mid-stream, the river flexed and twisted as it flowed over unseen contours, but ahead of me, by the bank, was a still pool reflecting the evening sky. Under the Chainbridge, Swallows skimmed and hawked hunting for moths […]

Wonderful walk along and up the hills and walk around St Boswells. Uncle fished the Tweed at Peebles and near Traquair Castle – fishing excellent but very expensive to rent a beat. This story was shared anonymously as part of a Tweed Stories event at St Cuthbert’s Church, Elsdon in June 2026.

Historically, Mute swans were recognised as ‘royal birds’ and many were bred and kept in captivity either as status symbols or for food. Now no longer eaten or held in ‘swanneries’, our native Mute swans are found across the Tweed in all available habitats. For many years, the estuary of the Tweed at Berwick has […]

Always love to see the Heron. A magical bird. One appeared the first afternoon I was moving into a flat in Peebles, perched on the neighbour’s fence. It was a great welcome. This special memory was shared at Tales of the Riverbank, a joint Tweed Stories and Riverwoods event celebrating the Tweed and its riverside […]