Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌳Ancient
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.44967, -1.83571
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦32+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Red Grouse (scotica)
- ✦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
- 🐦32+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Red Grouse (scotica)
- ✦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
Birds — Lapwing, Red Grouse (scotica), Pheasant +29 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Birds — Lapwing, Red Grouse (scotica), Pheasant +29 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sweet Vernal-grass, Common Mouse-ear, Germander Speedwell +235 more · last seen 2024
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Painted Lady · last seen 2019
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Coast to Coast Walk (Shap to Richmond)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C2CRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A66 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A66Regional cycle route
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,430 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,430 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds32 species
springsummerautumn
2025Lapwing · Red Grouse (scotica) · Pheasant · Meadow Pipit · Tawny Owl
+27 more speciesHide species list
All 32 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Badger · Roe Deer
Sweet Vernal-grass · Common Mouse-ear · Germander Speedwell · Soft-rush · Creeping Thistle
+233 more speciesHide species list
All 238 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2015
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2015
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2015
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus2015
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2015
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,430 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds32 species
springsummerautumn
2025Lapwing · Red Grouse (scotica) · Pheasant · Meadow Pipit · Tawny Owl
+27 more speciesHide species list
All 32 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Badger · Roe Deer
Sweet Vernal-grass · Common Mouse-ear · Germander Speedwell · Soft-rush · Creeping Thistle
+233 more speciesHide species list
All 238 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2015
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2015
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2015
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus2015
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2015
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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