Barra Farm Shop & Kitchen
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
57.32214, -2.34576
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Yellowhammer and Starling
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Barra Farm Shop & Kitchen on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Yellowhammer and Starling
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Barra Farm Shop & Kitchen on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Yellowhammer, Starling, Chaffinch +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Yellowhammer, Starling, Chaffinch +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Red Admiral, Syrphus ribesii +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, White Dead-nettle, Wood Anemone +9 more · last seen 2026
Free
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Wildlife to spot
1,750 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,750 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Tree Sparrow +43
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Common GullLarus canus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Red Squirrel · Badger
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- BadgerMeles meles
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus ribesii · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Tree Bumblebee · 2-spot Ladybird +7
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Red Dead-nettle
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,750 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Tree Sparrow +43
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Common GullLarus canus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Red Squirrel · Badger
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- BadgerMeles meles
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus ribesii · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Tree Bumblebee · 2-spot Ladybird +7
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Red Dead-nettle
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2023Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2023