Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.95245, -3.21320
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
9 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow, Swallow +97 more · last seen 2026
Birds — Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow, Swallow +97 more · last seen 2026
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Helophilus pendulus, Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis pertinax +69 more · last seen 2026
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL; Religious grounds — local heritage
Named hiking route nearby: Hadrian's Wall Path; Named hiking route nearby: Hadrian's Wall Path
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sea Aster, Germander Speedwell, Cuckooflower +17 more · last seen 2025
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
Annandale WayWalking route88 km▾
Named routeLength 88 kmNational walking route
41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Dumfries and Galloway Cycle Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
National Byway (SW Scotland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in the Solway Firth area
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route200 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 200 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route59 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 59 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
St Michael's Church, Parish church, Bowness-on-Solway
Photos
St Michael's Church, Parish church, Bowness-on-Solway
Facilities
🅿️Parking
2 nearby · Free · 337m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
2025
2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsus2025Platycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsus2025Cheilosia vernalisCheilosia vernalis2025Cheilosia vernalisCheilosia vernalis2025Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2025Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2025Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2025Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2025Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2025Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2025Lejogaster metallinaLejogaster metallina2025Lejogaster metallinaLejogaster metallina2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025Platycheirus angustatusPlatycheirus angustatus2025Platycheirus angustatusPlatycheirus angustatus2025Sphaerophoria interruptaSphaerophoria interrupta2025Sphaerophoria interruptaSphaerophoria interrupta2025Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Cheilosia proximaCheilosia proxima2025Cheilosia proximaCheilosia proxima2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata2025Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Cheilosia latifronsCheilosia latifrons2024Cheilosia latifronsCheilosia latifrons2024Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2024Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum2025Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum2025Platycheirus peltatusPlatycheirus peltatus2025Platycheirus peltatusPlatycheirus peltatus2025EmpisEmpis2025EmpisEmpis2025SarcophagidaeSarcophagidae2025SarcophagidaeSarcophagidae2025Conops flavipesConops flavipes2025Conops flavipesConops flavipes2025Syrphus vitripennisSyrphus vitripennis2025Syrphus vitripennisSyrphus vitripennis2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus2025Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Pipiza noctilucaPipiza noctiluca2025Pipiza noctilucaPipiza noctiluca2025Saldula palustrisSaldula palustris2025Saldula palustrisSaldula palustris2025Chiloxanthus pilosusChiloxanthus pilosus2025Chiloxanthus pilosusChiloxanthus pilosus2025Salda littoralisSalda littoralis2025Salda littoralisSalda littoralis2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025Aphodius fimetariusAphodius fimetarius2024Aphodius fimetariusAphodius fimetarius202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2024Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2024Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2024Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Cheilosia vulpinaCheilosia vulpina2024Cheilosia vulpinaCheilosia vulpina2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusSea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima2024Sea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima2024Sea RushJuncus maritimus2024Sea RushJuncus maritimus2024Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024Common Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia maritima2024Common Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia maritima2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Parsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenalii2024Parsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenalii2024ThriftArmeria maritima2024ThriftArmeria maritima2024Sea Club-rushBolboschoenus maritimus2024Sea Club-rushBolboschoenus maritimus2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024Distant SedgeCarex distans2024Distant SedgeCarex distans2024Saltmarsh RushJuncus gerardii2024Saltmarsh RushJuncus gerardii2024Events & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.