Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs
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Getting here
50.52617, -4.64224
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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 Skylark 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
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Skylark 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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Skylark, Carrion Crow, Meadow Pipit +64 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Skylark, Carrion Crow, Meadow Pipit +64 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marsh Fritillary, Common Darter, Keeled Skimmer +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Cruet Collar-moss, Woolly Fringe-moss · last seen 2015
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
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Farm TrailWalking route▾
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Camel TrailWalking route▾
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Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
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Main RouteCycling route77 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 77 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,524 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,524 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Skylark · Dunnock · Robin · Stonechat +36
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- MagpiePica pica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2024▾
Mole · Otter · Red Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- OtterLutra lutra2023
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2022
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2022
Common Darter · Keeled Skimmer · Galeruca tanaceti · Garden Chafer · Common Blue Damselfly +7
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024
- Galeruca tanacetiGaleruca tanaceti2022
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Devil's-bit Scabious · Blinks · Viola palustris subsp. juressi · Annual Meadow-grass · Betony +78
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022
- BlinksMontia fontana
- Viola palustris subsp. juressiViola palustris subsp. juressi
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- BetonyBetonica officinalis
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,524 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Skylark · Dunnock · Robin · Stonechat +36
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- MagpiePica pica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2024▾
Mole · Otter · Red Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- OtterLutra lutra2023
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2022
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2022
Common Darter · Keeled Skimmer · Galeruca tanaceti · Garden Chafer · Common Blue Damselfly +7
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024
- Galeruca tanacetiGaleruca tanaceti2022
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Devil's-bit Scabious · Blinks · Viola palustris subsp. juressi · Annual Meadow-grass · Betony +78
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022
- BlinksMontia fontana
- Viola palustris subsp. juressiViola palustris subsp. juressi
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- BetonyBetonica officinalis
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2024Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2022Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2022Heath Milkwort
Heath Milkwort
Polygala serpyllifolia
Polygala serpyllifolia
CleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineRound-leaved CrowfootRanunculus omiophyllusRound-leaved CrowfootRanunculus omiophyllusRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisPlantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. majorPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusSheep's SorrelRumex acetosellaSheep's SorrelRumex acetosellaProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaWood SageTeucrium scorodoniaWood SageTeucrium scorodoniaSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususDanish ScurvygrassCochlearia danicaDanish ScurvygrassCochlearia danicaButterburPetasites hybridusButterburPetasites hybridusWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaMarsh St John's-wortHypericum elodesMarsh St John's-wortHypericum elodesLesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilisLesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilisBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareWater-StarwortCallitricheWater-StarwortCallitricheRanunculus flammula subsp. flammulaRanunculus flammula subsp. flammulaRanunculus flammula subsp. flammulaRanunculus flammula subsp. flammulaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseWestern GorseUlex galliiWestern GorseUlex galliiHard-fernBlechnum spicantHard-fernBlechnum spicantMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreSpring-sedgeCarex caryophylleaSpring-sedgeCarex caryophylleaWild ThymeThymus druceiWild ThymeThymus druceiLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaBog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifoliusBog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifoliusMarsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgarisMarsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgarisCommon ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalisCommon ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumLousewortPedicularis sylvaticaLousewortPedicularis sylvaticaMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaCross-leaved HeathErica tetralixCross-leaved HeathErica tetralixElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaBilberryVaccinium myrtillusBilberryVaccinium myrtillusGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaHeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisHedge BedstrawGalium albumHedge BedstrawGalium albumCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaTormentilPotentilla erectaTormentilPotentilla erectaMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreCommon CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2022Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2022BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata2022BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata2022