Earthwork 370yds (340m) E of Low Stead
✦ Ancient woodland0 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌳Ancient
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.64956, -1.94892
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Swallow
- 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Swallow
- 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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 — Tawny Owl, Swallow, Woodpigeon +50 more · last seen 2025
Birds — Tawny Owl, Swallow, Woodpigeon +50 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +31 more · last seen 2025
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood-rust, Cape Thread-moss, Polytrichum commune s.str. +71 more · last seen 2025
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saint Cuthbert's Way (Kirk Yetholm to Lindisfarne)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Northumberland Coast PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN1 1 Holy Island linkCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Alnmouth to Berwick-upon-Tweed
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route▾
Tynemouth - Edinburgh
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
N/ACycling route5.6 km▾
Named routeLength 5.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7.4 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 7.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route131 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Photos
21 photos from nearby open sources
Looking towards Lowick Low Steads
Photos
Looking towards Lowick Low Steads
✦ AncientFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,079 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,079 records · NBN AtlasTawny Owl · Swallow · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Blackbird
+48 more speciesHide species list
All 53 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2019
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2018
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2018
- RavenCorvus corax2018
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2023Common Frog · Common Toad
🐝Insects34 species
summerautumn
2025White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Bombus lucorum · Buff-tailed Bumblebee
+29 more speciesHide species list
All 34 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023
- Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Wood-rust · Cape Thread-moss · Polytrichum commune s.str. · Heath Star Moss · Springy Turf-moss
+69 more speciesHide species list
All 74 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia2018
- Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare2018
- Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.2018
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2018
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,079 records · NBN AtlasTawny Owl · Swallow · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Blackbird
+48 more speciesHide species list
All 53 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2019
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2018
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2018
- RavenCorvus corax2018
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2023Common Frog · Common Toad
🐝Insects34 species
summerautumn
2025White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Bombus lucorum · Buff-tailed Bumblebee
+29 more speciesHide species list
All 34 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023
- Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Wood-rust · Cape Thread-moss · Polytrichum commune s.str. · Heath Star Moss · Springy Turf-moss
+69 more speciesHide species list
All 74 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia2018
- Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare2018
- Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.2018
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2018
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombus terrestris2023
Bombus terrestris2023
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019WallLasiommata megera2019WallLasiommata megera2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019BumblebeeBombus2024BumblebeeBombus2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2018Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2018Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2023Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2023Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2022Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2022Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2018Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2018Ectemnius cephalotesEctemnius cephalotes2018Ectemnius cephalotesEctemnius cephalotes2018Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2018Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus20182018
2018
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2018Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2018Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2018Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2018Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2018Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2018Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2018Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2018Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2018Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2018Meylan's PouchwortCalypogeia integristipula2018Meylan's PouchwortCalypogeia integristipula2018RedshankCeratodon purpureus2018RedshankCeratodon purpureus2018Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2018Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2018Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum2018Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum2018Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus2018Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus2018Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2018Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2018Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2018Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2018Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2018Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2018Red Bog-mossSphagnum rubellum2018Red Bog-mossSphagnum rubellum2018Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2018Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2018Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2018Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2018Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2018Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2018Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaGiant BlackberryRubus armeniacusGiant BlackberryRubus armeniacusCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseFuchsiaFuchsia magellanicaFuchsiaFuchsia magellanicaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumCommon VetchVicia sativa2023Common VetchVicia sativa2023Bush VetchVicia sepium2023Bush VetchVicia sepium2023Scots LovageLigusticum scoticum2019Scots LovageLigusticum scoticum2019Soft Bog-mossSphagnum tenellum2018Soft Bog-mossSphagnum tenellum2018Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2018Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2018Western EarwortScapania gracilis2018Western EarwortScapania gracilis2018Norwegian EarwortScapania scandica2018Norwegian EarwortScapania scandica2018Rock FingerwortLepidozia cupressina2018Rock FingerwortLepidozia cupressina2018Large White-mossLeucobryum glaucum2018Large White-mossLeucobryum glaucum2018Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus2018Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus2018White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2018White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2018Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2018Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2018Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum2018Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum2018Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2018Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2018Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans2018Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans2018Pellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucida2018Pellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucida2018Atrichum undulatumAtrichum undulatum2018Atrichum undulatumAtrichum undulatum2018Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2018Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2018Acid FrillwortFossombronia wondraczekii2018Acid FrillwortFossombronia wondraczekii2018Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2018Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2018Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2018Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2018White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans2018White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans2018Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides2018Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides2018Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2018Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2018Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis2018Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis2018Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2018Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2018Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2018Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2018Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2018Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2018Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2018Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2018Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2018Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2018Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum2018Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum2018Forcipated PincerwortCephalozia connivens2018Forcipated PincerwortCephalozia connivens2018Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2018Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2018Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum2018Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum2018Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2018Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2018Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2018Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2018Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2018Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2018Trunk PawwortOrthocaulis attenuatus2018Trunk PawwortOrthocaulis attenuatus2018Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa2018Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa2018Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2018Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2018Girgensohn's Bog-mossSphagnum girgensohnii2018Girgensohn's Bog-mossSphagnum girgensohnii2018Sphagnum palustre var. palustreSphagnum palustre var. palustre2018Sphagnum palustre var. palustreSphagnum palustre var. palustre2018Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2018Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2018Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides2018Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides2018Mueller's PouchwortCalypogeia muelleriana2018Mueller's PouchwortCalypogeia muelleriana2018Events & activities nearby
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