Barrows on Longstone Hill
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.16463, -3.23804
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Linnet
- ✦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
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Linnet
- ✦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 — Stonechat, Linnet, Robin +73 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Stonechat, Linnet, Robin +73 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Minotaur Beetle, Bumblebee +25 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Castles & Coast WayWalking route21 km▾
Named routeLength 21 kmLocal walking route
Quantock GreenwayWalking route62.5 km▾
Named routeLength 62.5 kmLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Brean Down to MineheadWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Coleridge WayWalking route82 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 82 kmRegional walking route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Great Roadrestricted byway · 1.4 km▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 1.4 kmPath type: track
Greenway Pathbridleway · 1.7 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.7 kmPath type: bridleway
Photos
Path descending below Longstone Hill
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
19,620 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,620 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Stonechat · Robin · Meadow Pipit · Skylark +47
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Slow-worm
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Minotaur Beetle · Carabus arvensis · Violet Ground Beetle · Dark Bush-cricket · Face Fly +5
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
- Speckled Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,620 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Stonechat · Robin · Meadow Pipit · Skylark +47
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Slow-worm
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Minotaur Beetle · Carabus arvensis · Violet Ground Beetle · Dark Bush-cricket · Face Fly +5
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
- Speckled Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Dor BeetleGeotrupes stercorarius2025Dor BeetleGeotrupes stercorarius2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025