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Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road

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📷 Andrew Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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51.11017, -2.17259

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Corn Bunting and Chaffinch
✦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

🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Corn Bunting and Chaffinch
✦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

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Corn Bunting, Chaffinch, Skylark +61 more · last seen 2026

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Corn Bunting, Chaffinch, Skylark +61 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland

Ancient woodland

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Insect spotting

Strong match

Free

Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Large White +20 more · last seen 2025

Heritage

Strong match

Free

Historic site

Seasonal nature

Good match

Free

Plants — Danish Scurvygrass, Sycamore, Large Bindweed +2 more · last seen 2023

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

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3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Mid Wilts WayWalking route▾

Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route

Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾

Named routeRef WRRegional walking route

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Cycling

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2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾

Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

National Byway (Tisbury Loop)Cycling route▾

Named routeRef NBLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

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1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾

Named routeListed length 207km

🐴

Horse riding

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1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

1,264 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

1,264 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds64 species

springsummer

2026

Corn Bunting · Chaffinch · Skylark · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon

+59 more species

All 64 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Great TitParus major2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
MagpiePica pica2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2011
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2015
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater2011
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2017
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2011
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
RavenCorvus corax2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2016
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2011
Emberiza calandra calandraEmberiza calandra calandra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
Alauda arvensis arvensisAlauda arvensis arvensis2022
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2015
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2012
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2011
QuailCoturnix coturnix2011
Rock DoveColumba livia2011
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2011
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2011
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2010
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2010

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Mammals7 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare · Badger · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Brown Rat

+2 more species

All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Brown HareLepus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles2021
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2018
Hedgehog

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Amphibians1 species

autumn

2022

Common Frog

🐝

Insects23 species

summer

2025

Red Admiral · Small White · Large White · Brimstone · Peacock

+18 more species

All 23 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2016
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018
PeacockAglais io2016

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Plants5 species

spring

2023

Danish Scurvygrass · Sycamore · Large Bindweed · Lady's Bedstraw · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,264 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds64 species

springsummer

2026

Corn Bunting · Chaffinch · Skylark · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon

+59 more species

All 64 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Great TitParus major2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
MagpiePica pica2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2011
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2015
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater2011
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2017
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2011
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
RavenCorvus corax2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2016
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2011
Emberiza calandra calandraEmberiza calandra calandra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
Alauda arvensis arvensisAlauda arvensis arvensis2022
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2015
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2012
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2011
QuailCoturnix coturnix2011
Rock DoveColumba livia2011
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2011
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2011
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2010
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2010

🦌

Mammals7 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare · Badger · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Brown Rat

+2 more species

All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Brown HareLepus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles2021
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2018
Hedgehog

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2022

Common Frog

🐝

Insects23 species

summer

2025

Red Admiral · Small White · Large White · Brimstone · Peacock

+18 more species

All 23 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2016
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018
PeacockAglais io2016

🌿

Plants5 species

spring

2023

Danish Scurvygrass · Sycamore · Large Bindweed · Lady's Bedstraw · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

20 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Andrew Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Photos

📷 Andrew Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Keysley Down

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✦Medieval strip lynchets 280m west of Hill BarnHistoric site3 km→✦Round barrow NE of Sheephouse FarmHistoric site3.3 km→🌽Hindon Allotment GardensAllotments3.6 km→🌱local parkUrban park3.7 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds4 km→✦Bowl barrow 50m west of St Mary's ChurchHistoric site4.3 km→