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Places › England › North West › Lancaster Getting here
54.19437, -2.80353
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Cumbria Coastal Way Walking route 298 km ▾
Named route Length 298 km Regional walking route
Show on map Storth Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Arnside Knott Circular Walk, Arnside/Silverdale Walking route 2.7 km ▾
Arnside Knott is renowned for its wildlife. Take this circular walk to admire views of the surrounding countryside and enjoy the sights and sounds along the route. Uneven terrain and loose path surfaces.
Named route Length 2.7 km Duration 02:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Arnside Knott Tramper Trail, Arnside/Silverdale Walking route 1.6 km ▾
Named route Length 1.6 km Duration 00:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Eaves Wood Circular Walk, Arnside/Silverdale Walking route 3.5 km ▾
This short circular winds its way through ancient woodland before climbing steeply to the Queen Victoria Jubilee Monument, affectionately known as the Pepperpot. Stop for views of Morecambe Bay & the Bowland Fells, before heading back to the start.
Named route Length 3.5 km Duration 01:15 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 43 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 70 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
Show on map Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 90 Regional cycle route
Show on map Lakes & Dales Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref LDL Regional cycle route
Show on map Bay Cycle Way Cycling route 132 km ▾
Named route Ref 700 Length 132 km National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2.8 km ▾
Named route Ref 700 Length 2.8 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Dollywood Lane byway open to all traffic · 391 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 391 m Path type: track
Show on map Dollywood Lane byway open to all traffic · 785 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 785 m Path type: track
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Wildlife to spot
162,631 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 162,631 records · National Biodiversity Network Shoveler · Wigeon · Pintail · Pochard · Carrion Crow +51
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Wigeon Mareca penelope Pintail Anas acuta Pochard Aythya ferina Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Bittern Botaurus stellaris2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Merlin Falco columbarius2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Scaup Aythya marila2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Otter
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Otter Lutra lutra2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Frog Rana 🐝 Insects 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Eristalis pertinax · Carabus problematicus
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus 🌿 Plants 11 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Maidenhair Spleenwort · Yellow Iris · Ground-elder · Common Nettle · Dog's Mercury +6
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria Common Nettle Urtica dioica Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 162,631 records · National Biodiversity Network Shoveler · Wigeon · Pintail · Pochard · Carrion Crow +51
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Wigeon Mareca penelope Pintail Anas acuta Pochard Aythya ferina Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Bittern Botaurus stellaris2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Merlin Falco columbarius2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Scaup Aythya marila2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Otter
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Otter Lutra lutra2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Frog Rana 🐝 Insects 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Eristalis pertinax · Carabus problematicus
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus 🌿 Plants 11 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Maidenhair Spleenwort · Yellow Iris · Ground-elder · Common Nettle · Dog's Mercury +6
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria Common Nettle Urtica dioica Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Primrose
Primrose
Primula vulgaris
Primula vulgaris
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
Juniper Juniperus communis
Juniper Juniperus communis
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia
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